- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
Just been told that our next short interval test will include both skin and gamma test. Anyone know what this means please?
Gamma TB test
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- Breconshire
Kiss
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- Location
- North west
Blood test of every animal in the herd
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Blood from every beast, expect to loose around 15% of the herd
Philip Watkins
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- Location
- Back in Shropshire
Why gamma? You had some big break downs?
matthew
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- Cornwall, SW England
Lady?
I'll answer to most things these days. Within reason.As has been said, gamma ifn is a blood test which is sensitive to many of the bacteria in the MTC ( micobacterium Tuberculosis Complex group) which includes m. bovis but many others too.
If your cattle have not been exposed to m.kansassii , m.microtii, m.avium paratuberculosis etc. then it will pick up exposure a couple of weeks - 28 days ahead of the skin test. That is all.
If they have had such exposure, they will be positive reactors to gamma and will be shot.
Your cattle will still have to pass the primary skin test to get you clear.
There is no limit to how many tests Defra will use to pile up dead cattle.
IMO of course.
A lot more measures (for cattle) came in on April Fools .day.
See link in www.bovinetb.blogspot.com
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
Thank you. We've only had one reactor (2xIR actually) so I'm not sure why they're so keen to look for more. Even the 2IR had no visible lesions. Now having to test every 60 days throughout the summer when our cattle are scattered over a wide area.
As has been said, gamma ifn is a blood test which is sensitive to many of the bacteria in the MTC ( micobacterium Tuberculosis Complex group) which includes m. bovis but many others too.
If your cattle have not been exposed to m.kansassii , m.microtii, m.avium paratuberculosis etc. then it will pick up exposure a couple of weeks - 28 days ahead of the skin test. That is all.
If they have had such exposure, they will be positive reactors to gamma and will be shot.
Your cattle will still have to pass the primary skin test to get you clear.
There is no limit to how many tests Defra will use to pile up dead cattle.
IMO of course.
A lot more measures (for cattle) came in on April Fools .day.
See link in www.bovinetb.blogspot.com
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
No just one twice IR.
Kiss
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- Location
- North west
I guess it's probably because you haven't had another go in the last 3 years?Thank you. We've only had one reactor (2xIR actually) so I'm not sure why they're so keen to look for more. Even the 2IR had no visible lesions. Now having to test every 60 days throughout the summer when our cattle are scattered over a wide area.
Then why are they going gamma? That's usually a last resort.
matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
Thank you. We've only had one reactor (2xIR actually) so I'm not sure why they're so keen to look for more. Even the 2IR had no visible lesions. Now having to test every 60 days throughout the summer when our cattle are scattered over a wide area.
If you put 'Gamma ifn' into the blog search engine, you'll find a lot of stuff on it, its introduction and it's various casualties and vet's comments.
Sorry - I am scribbling on a silly small machine and haven't figured out how to copy / paste link for you .
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
Better bull more heifers then. Got some here that were surplus and was going to sell for breeding but can't sell now apart from fat or to an AFU.
I'd contest it.
matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
Was. Death row now want it more in mainstream use. As of All Fools .Day 2017.
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
They said it's because we are in a normally clean area but we have had a few reactors before but never more than one at a time.
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
How? Won't they say it's a breach on my BPS?