Do we not do TB screening when entering the country? Why didn't it show up then?
Geronimo.
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Do we not do TB screening when entering the country? Why didn't it show up then?
Exfarmer
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I think it was the screening here , which picked it up.
Seems the silly cow did not realise there is TB in New Zealand
Not even with my eyes shut
matthew
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If my research is correct, this animal had a skin test in NZ, and it’s owner is blaming that tuberculin antigen for its subsequent (two) positive tests. Cattle get the same antigen every 60 days while under restriction.
And skin tests for alpacas are fraught, and give miserable results. In the U.K. they’re not done in the neck, but in the thin soft skin behind the elbow. And with a 2mm tolerance, not 4mm as cattle on standard interpretation. So blood tests are favoured. But what blood tests?
VLA Weybridge have tested several and the alpaca society‘s favourite, Enferplex is the weakest of them all.
If the owner is really a vet, then living in Glos. she should have a more encompassing view of TB in general and TB in alpacas in particular.
And she should also be aware of another alpaca called Balthazar.
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Alpacas - TB inter herd spread.
It was only a matter of time before 'bovine' TB, now entrenched in a well protected but exploding population of badgers, spilled into non-bo...
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Bootneck
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My beautiful Jersey house cow, loved by my kids, was slaughtered after 2 inconclusive tests. No signs of ill health, was raising a good calf, No signs of tb in the postmortem. Why the hell should this useless alpaca get a repreive if my cow did not.
Mr Jones
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It's got shades of shambo the bull all over again.
TheTallGuy
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A single death is a tragedy.... especially when it's Mr Fluffykins....
Devil's advocate
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That bull lived though, faulty testing.
Mr Jones
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No, Llanpumpsaint is only a 25minute drive from where I am. It was destroyed after all the media palava.
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From the coverage on the tele news yesterday, there appears to be a few grassy knolls around the farm…….
Job done.
Job done.
gone up the hill
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If this animal caught TB 4 years ago when in NZ it would be long dead by now as TB hits this species very hard and fast.
betweenthelines
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Is it right that the Minister is being badgered about Geronimo? Do Geronimo's fans have no reservations?
I understand that the test was not clear, someone said it was Apache result and they may Sioux the Government?
Is the Govt Chief Vet not trusted? How so? You would be a Brave man to argue with the evidence
Owner has started using foul language in interviews- Cussed, her's last stand, it's nearly over.
Surely the rules are clearly sett out?
Typical of the animal rights brigade-one reacts and before you know it, the whole thing spreads out of control
I understand that the test was not clear, someone said it was Apache result and they may Sioux the Government?
Is the Govt Chief Vet not trusted? How so? You would be a Brave man to argue with the evidence
Owner has started using foul language in interviews- Cussed, her's last stand, it's nearly over.
Surely the rules are clearly sett out?
Typical of the animal rights brigade-one reacts and before you know it, the whole thing spreads out of control
Exfarmer
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B is a disease which hits every victim differently. It can hit the body in many different parts from the lungs to the bone marrow. Sometimes even when infected the body can successfully fight back and walk off the affected area in a form of cyst sometimes breaking out years later. Only a full pm can positively identify the type a blood test will only identify that the animal has been exposed to the disease
Devil's advocate
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Yes sorry I was thinking about a Blonde Aquantaine Bull in Yorkshire.
Owned/bred by one of the singing farmers & prizes from many shows. Intially tested positive & after much campaigning & a retest came out as negative.
On April 14th 2011 at the High Court in London Mr Justice McCombe granted Boxy a reprieve. Mr Justice McCombe quashed the notices of intended slaughter, ruling that the bovine TB blood test taken in relation to Boxy was flawed
On April 14th 2011 at the High Court in London Mr Justice McCombe granted Boxy a reprieve.
Mr Justice McCombe quashed the notices of intended slaughter, ruling that the bovine TB blood test taken in relation to Boxy was flawed
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matthew
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That was because the owner challenged how the test was carried out by the vet, not it’s validity.
'Boxster' clear on first skin test
Champion bull Hallmark Boxster, owned by the Jackson family in Yorkshire and condemned on gammaIFN earlier this year, then reprieved by a Hi...
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gone up the hill
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If you read that Article Eustice is blaming the labour party who have not been in power for years and farmers for moving cattle around as the main reasons why TB is now out of control..
gone up the hill
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In this species they get hit hard, after 4 years if they are not a bag of bones or dead it is unlikely they will have TB.