Bovine TB Blog

April 2011 - Posts

• Cumbrian TB outbreak

  Having colleagues in the area, we have been alerted several times to the increase in badger numbers in Cumbria. Road kill are increasing, and some have been found dead in fields. But the news last week that a dairy farm near Penrith had been hit, and... Posted Apr 27 2011, 01:20 PM by Bovine TB Select Tags... SaveCancel [Edit Tags]

• Missing the point....

  A new website has started up, to ' Rethink TB. Using some pretty spurious quotes on the efficacy of the skin test, the site concentrates totally on cattle. It asks why test? Why cull? With milk pasteurisation, cooking of meat - why bother? The authors... Posted Apr 20 2011, 01:51 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• Boxter lives to fight another day.

  Today a High Court judge squashed the slaughter notice on prize winning British Blonde bull, Hallmark Boxter after his owner, farmer Ken Jackson appealed the procedure. Farmers Guardian has the story. Read More... Posted Apr 14 2011, 01:02 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• RBCT + 4 years.

  We have today received a press release from the FUW (Farmers Union of Wales) which we are happy to post in full. (Sorry - no links to the paper.) NEW FIGURES SHOW POSITIVE EFFECT OF BADGER CULL The Farmers’ Union of Wales today welcomed figures which... Posted Apr 12 2011, 12:50 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• Badger set-aside.

  . Dr. Brian May, has come up with a novel solution to the problem of TB. Move out the cattle. Farmers Guardian has the story , which is beautifully illustrated in Ken Wignall's cartoon (apologies for quality ). Now while Brian was strumming his guitar... Posted Apr 06 2011, 02:52 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• Wales bring camelids under TB umbrella

  On March 31st, the Welsh Assembly Government brought in legislation to cover bTB in camelids. The full document can be viewed here. England awaits. Read More... Posted Apr 01 2011, 01:41 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]