Beef
Suckler beef farmers attending a recent open day hosted by Fane Valley in Co. Derry pointed to the...
Agri-Business
A new farmer-led research project in England is exploring how badger vaccination may be used within the TB eradication strategy.
Dairy
Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny has said that the decision to call a summit to address the increasing TB rates is "not before time"
Minister Martin Heydon is bringing together key stakeholders to discuss a reset of the bovine tuberculosis (TB) programme.
Agriland understands that the Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has warned that the number of bovine TB reactors could hit over 60,000.
Beef News
Despite efforts by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to curb the spread of bovine...
Farmers have been warned not to go "chasing ghosts" when it comes to sources of bovine tuberculosis...
Agri Politics
The EU Commission needs to support Ireland's efforts to achieve bovine TB free status in the coming years, according to an Irish MEP.
Research on a farmer led badger vaccination programme as TB control, has been published in the British Ecological Society journal
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said that trials on a bovine tuberculosis (TB) vaccine are moving to a new phase.
The average time from a bovine TB test to when animals are collected and removed from a herd is "17.3 calendar days" according to minister.
Joe and Anthony Metcalfe are dairy and beef farmers in Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow who recently lost their entire herd due to a TB breakdown
Bovine TB "is becoming more concentrated within the dairy herd", according to DAFM's superintendent veterinary inspector, Philip Breslin.
Approximately 98% of the national herd was tested for bovine tuberculosis (TB) in 2020, according...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has announced the extension of Covid-19-related TB-testing protocol
N.Ireland
Proposals to charge farmers for bovine TB tests will cost the average business a further £257 a...
TB action is long over-due, but the measures proposed by the the department are a "concerning" UFU deputy president has warned.
Northern Ireland's DAERA has launched a public consultation on a range of proposals to work towards the eradication of bovine TB.
TB rates are continuing to spiral in Northern Ireland as the disease surpasses its worst rate in 12 years according to the latest figures.
A pioneering six-hour TB test is expected to launch in the UK by the end of November. The bovine tuberculosis (TB) test is also said to be...
Tuberculosis (TB) detection rates have hit their worst level in Northern Ireland in more than a decade, the latest figures show.
