ringi
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Almost every other country in the world have managed to control BTB
Ireland is also failing badly.
(My understanding is that in many countries badgers behave very differently and don't live in large groups.)
Almost every other country in the world have managed to control BTB
You’re absolutely right. All they want to do if you’re in a cull zone is do a gamma test. We have just had one and I don’t think I’ve ever felt so mentally and physically exhausted by it all.
try doing a skin and gamma test on the same day and having a clear skin test and 40 odd reactors on the bloods,mainly in youngstock that had never been outside and to be told they were probably false positives
We had the same, told all completely clear with the injections & they took blood on the same day, told 3 days later that 4 had failed on blood & possibly 11 others, they killed the 4 then told us that they were in fact all completely clear & that all restrictions were lifted.That’s terrible. we had a clear test but 16 reactors and 47 to retest. I’m gutted. This blood test should have never been allowed.
Sell him to a AFU to get rid of him and let them kill himive got a bit of a concern here! we had a post movment test recently and had a bullock with a right good lump on the bottom' in the past ive never looked for lump's never gave it a thought but this stuck out like a sore thumb. anyway come reading day the vet saw it said oh dear but when measured he was OK did the bu99er 4 time's , passed clear test . my mate reckon's it might come back and bite me arse when we kill him
he's fit now 700kg+ would still come back to us as a tracer, not the end of the world as we don't graze and finish everythingSell him to a AFU to get rid of him and let them kill him
Wasn't an issue during foot and mouth.Politically it is impossible to force culling on UK land owners.
Politically it is impossible to force culling on UK land owners.
ive got a bit of a concern here! we had a post movment test recently and had a bullock with a right good lump on the bottom' in the past ive never looked for lump's never gave it a thought but this stuck out like a sore thumb. anyway come reading day the vet saw it said oh dear but when measured he was OK did the bu99er 4 time's , passed clear test . my mate reckon's it might come back and bite me arse when we kill him
Wasn't an issue during foot and mouth.
he's fit now 700kg+ would still come back to us as a tracer, not the end of the world as we don't graze and finish everything
Didn’t think tracer tests were a thing anymore with 6 monthly testing?
If the AFU kill it within 120 days of it arriving ( i think its still 120 days ) and TB is found then AH will trace it back to the farm it came from and shut them down under a TB2 notice and will make them do a whole herd test.Sell him to a AFU to get rid of him and let them kill him
There is no test that can 100% tell the diffirence between cattle vaccinated for TB and ones that have not been vaccinated but have TB.Not true, there are new "marker vaccines" and a modified skin test that can tell the difference between a vaccinated cow and an infected cow. But unlikely to be able to live export vaccined cows, but vaccination of some cows will not stop unvaccinated cows being exported.
The modified skin test is being verified over the next few year, until it is verified there is no practical way to test how well the marker vaccine works.