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Bold plans to eradicate BVD and sheep scab by 2031
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<blockquote data-quote="ringi" data-source="post: 8256316" data-attributes="member: 57632"><p>Ireland is making little progress with TB, even in parts of the UK when TB has yet to move into the badger population TB is out of control and spreading north each year. One difference seems to be that counties other than the UK and Ireland tend to have many more closed herds and few herds that have contact over the fence line and it seems uncommon in most of Europe for cows to be transported to off-farm fields.</p><p></p><p>I am not convinced the spread of TB can be slowed in the UK without at least 6 monthly testing of all cattle, I don't think the government is willing to pay the political price of bringing 6 monthly TB testing to all of England. The government is clearly unwilling to pay the political price of culling 90% of the badgers in the southwest.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's why the research is looking at <strong>both </strong>a better vaccine and a TB test that can be used on vaccinated cattle.</p><p>There is also research looking at a vaccine for badgers and practical TB testing systems for badgers. I seen claims that vaccination of trapped badgers without test/culling of infected badgers would take 40 years to clear the badger population of TB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ringi, post: 8256316, member: 57632"] Ireland is making little progress with TB, even in parts of the UK when TB has yet to move into the badger population TB is out of control and spreading north each year. One difference seems to be that counties other than the UK and Ireland tend to have many more closed herds and few herds that have contact over the fence line and it seems uncommon in most of Europe for cows to be transported to off-farm fields. I am not convinced the spread of TB can be slowed in the UK without at least 6 monthly testing of all cattle, I don't think the government is willing to pay the political price of bringing 6 monthly TB testing to all of England. The government is clearly unwilling to pay the political price of culling 90% of the badgers in the southwest. That's why the research is looking at [B]both [/B]a better vaccine and a TB test that can be used on vaccinated cattle. There is also research looking at a vaccine for badgers and practical TB testing systems for badgers. I seen claims that vaccination of trapped badgers without test/culling of infected badgers would take 40 years to clear the badger population of TB. [/QUOTE]
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