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<blockquote data-quote="@dlm" data-source="post: 6762362" data-attributes="member: 120162"><p>Surely it’s obvious it’s a two way thing? I don’t dispute with the badger brigade that cattle give badgers tb, equally they return the favour and return it to cattle, and when it’s a one way cull you are not going to end it? We had a badger living in our parlour overnight 15 years ago, one in calving loose box and one at a farm a mile up road in a disused loose box. Surely not natural habitat for them and a sign of sick animal? Also as many I’m sceptical about the reliability of skin test. The blood test rarely shows positives at abattoir or culture tests but is meant to be an early detection. However annoying if it does remove early positives then it’s great. But to get bloods done it depends on skin test failure that is in my opinion a lottery. Good friend who is a vet, has been testing a dairy herd every 2/3 months for six years. After a couple years run them inside under an afu system, just for his benefit. Changed breeding so he gained on compensation, sounds crap but why not, lose a cow worth a couple of grand to be paid under half I’m guessing or breed a small cheap input cow where compensation is gains you a few hundred quid. But he had a skin failure two months ago that was riddled at abattoir on inspection, oldest cow in herd,vets guess she had been through mid 30s skin tests. They are very interested to see if she’s been spreading it to others for years, as 100s killed since problem, and since change of farming can’t blame wildlife, but if it is her and she has escaped a positive on all those tests then makes test almost a lottery or worthless at times surely?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="@dlm, post: 6762362, member: 120162"] Surely it’s obvious it’s a two way thing? I don’t dispute with the badger brigade that cattle give badgers tb, equally they return the favour and return it to cattle, and when it’s a one way cull you are not going to end it? We had a badger living in our parlour overnight 15 years ago, one in calving loose box and one at a farm a mile up road in a disused loose box. Surely not natural habitat for them and a sign of sick animal? Also as many I’m sceptical about the reliability of skin test. The blood test rarely shows positives at abattoir or culture tests but is meant to be an early detection. However annoying if it does remove early positives then it’s great. But to get bloods done it depends on skin test failure that is in my opinion a lottery. Good friend who is a vet, has been testing a dairy herd every 2/3 months for six years. After a couple years run them inside under an afu system, just for his benefit. Changed breeding so he gained on compensation, sounds crap but why not, lose a cow worth a couple of grand to be paid under half I’m guessing or breed a small cheap input cow where compensation is gains you a few hundred quid. But he had a skin failure two months ago that was riddled at abattoir on inspection, oldest cow in herd,vets guess she had been through mid 30s skin tests. They are very interested to see if she’s been spreading it to others for years, as 100s killed since problem, and since change of farming can’t blame wildlife, but if it is her and she has escaped a positive on all those tests then makes test almost a lottery or worthless at times surely? [/QUOTE]
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