Bovine TB Blog

August 2010 - Posts

• How will Defra count ... bison?

  A herd of 30 bison at a tourist attraction in South Gloucestershire is under TB restriction, after 5 of the animals at "Cattle Country Adventure Park" near Berkely, failed the TB test. The story is here. Owner, Tony Cullimore commented on the... Posted Aug 27 2010, 01:53 AM by Bovine TB Select Tags... SaveCancel [Edit Tags]

• Number crunching

  We have brought up the subject of Defra's statistics with regard to numbers of 'other species' which have succumbed to tuberculosis, on several occasions. We will continue to do so, until they realistically and accurately reflect the correct... Posted Aug 26 2010, 02:37 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• An anniversary

  One of our contributors has forwarded the following text: "And now we are fortunate enough to possess a method that enables us to recognise very early if an animal is infected with Tb or not, viz the tuberculin test. Tuberculin is an extract of tubercle... Posted Aug 25 2010, 12:46 AM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• Camelid consultation

  Today, the Welsh Assembly Government have launched a consultation document, aimed at bringing camelids, goats and deer under the statutory regulations to control bTB. They say: The arrangements proposed in the consultation would impose duties, obligations... Posted Aug 19 2010, 01:57 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• Update - Alpaca side effects thread.

  Since posting of the video clip of the alpaca suffering an anaphylactic type reaction to the skin test, Dianne Summers has told us that she has been contacted by two owners of alpacas, whose animals had exactly this type of reaction when veterinary drugs... Posted Aug 14 2010, 01:58 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• How high is your dustbin?

  We have mentioned many times the value of Defra advice on bio security, and in particular, the recommended height of cattle troughs. Now Defra will say 30 inches, while our parliamentary questions very helpfully pointed out that badgers had been filmed... Posted Aug 01 2010, 11:47 AM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]