Bovine TB Blog

April 2010 - Posts

• Northern BAS shows to restrict entries.

  Below are new biosecurity conditions which will apply to entries to the following two northern shows for alpacas. This is follow up post to our posting below, where the new BAS bio security guidelines were given an airing at Bristol. The Northumberland... Posted Apr 24 2010, 12:16 PM by Bovine TB Select Tags... SaveCancel [Edit Tags]

• Biosecurity - camelids

  The BAS (British Alpaca Society) is well aware after a series of 'TB Awareness' roadshows that when TB hits an alpaca herd, it is more than capable of inter herd spread. The society recently issued Bio security guidelines to all its members. These... Posted Apr 19 2010, 01:10 AM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• Tie a yellow ribbon?

  The BVA (British Veterinary Association) have issued a statement supporting the High Court decision, that the proposed cull of infected badgers in Wales, is lawful. Commenting on the verdict, Professor Bill Reilly, President of the British Veterinary... Posted Apr 18 2010, 01:23 AM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• The Welsh have it

  .. and the English do not, as we pointed out in this posting. TB eradication in the round, will go ahead in Wales. BBC Wales and Farmers Guardian have the story. While in England, we just kill cattle. And now alpacas. And cats. And dogs. And ... That... Posted Apr 16 2010, 02:20 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• More on how to make a horlicks ...

  We have not been terribly enthusiastic about Defra's attempts to control badger-TB in the recent past. And to be fair, Defra have not given us any reason to be enthusiastic. After several years of local control, overseen by experienced Wildlife teams... Posted Apr 11 2010, 01:58 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• Defra short of cash? Nah ..

  As the Badger Vaccine Deployment Project stutters along - or not, another £630,000 of taxpayer's money bites the dust. Defra have commissioned a few universities to ask what farmers think of vaccinating badgers. "The social science study has... Posted Apr 08 2010, 01:16 AM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• Vaccination hiccoughs...

  Defra's idea to vaccinate badgers against TB in hotspot areas, where most / many candidates are already 'endemically infected' with tuberculosis (and before any of our BT friends start jumping about, that was the answer to a PQ) has got off... Posted Apr 05 2010, 02:02 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• Vaccination hiccough

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• Spring update.

  This week, badger vaccine were given the go ahead for a late summer start. Farmers Guardian reports: The Defra-funded Badger Vaccine Deployment Project will now take place in areas of 300 sq.km in Staffordshire, the Herefordshire and Worcestershire border... Posted Apr 02 2010, 01:28 AM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]