Bovine TB Blog

December 2009 - Posts

• Alpacas - TB Awareness meetings.

  In response to the increasing number of alpaca herds (puntas) affected by the inappropriately mis-named 'bovine' TB, the BAS (British Alpaca Society) is hosting a series of meetings during January and February 2010, entitled 'TB Awareness'... Posted Dec 19 2009, 10:25 AM by Bovine TB

• Definition - 'Maintenance'.

  It has become apparent over recent months that a great many misconceptions - some originating in the top echelons of Defra - have been dribbled out to a gullible audience, unchallenged. The description 'maintenance' reservoir for instance, appears... Posted Dec 11 2009, 01:19 AM by Bovine TB

• One man's story .....

  Today, we share the diary of one small alpaca herd, hit by bTB earlier this year. The owner will remain anonymous - for the time being - but his location is within a midlands bTB hotspot, where over half (55 per cent) of badgers captured during BROs in... Posted Dec 09 2009, 01:46 AM by Bovine TB

• We failed ....

  All summer, several contributers to this site have been trying valiantly to collate the figures for the cost to the taxpayer, of testing and removal of bTB positives to the skin test and other assorted toys. While numbers of animals slaughtered are available... Posted Dec 08 2009, 12:13 PM by Bovine TB

• A TB test on 'Countryfile'

  See a reasonable overview of the frustration and waste of the non-policy which passes for bTB eradication in this country, on last weekend's episide of the BBC's COUNTRYFILE. Some beautiful in calf holstein heifers, loaded up for slaughter on... Posted Dec 01 2009, 12:20 AM by Bovine TB