TB Disease Investigation Report Visit
- Thread starter orbost
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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
@matthew Do you know how I go about getting a dead badger tested for bTB? I saw it early this morning at the edge of our meadows as I walked the dogs. This evening Mel walked the dogs and it lay dead a short way from our property. I have double bagged it and it is in our spare freezer. It is only the size of a Jack Russell.
We had 2 inconclusive results from our 4 year test in early April and they are being re-tested on Tuesday. We have farmed here 50+ years and never been positive but there are currently 2 "breakdowns" showing on the DEFRA/APHA interactive TB map near us, 1 around 15km north and 1 around the same south.
We had 2 inconclusive results from our 4 year test in early April and they are being re-tested on Tuesday. We have farmed here 50+ years and never been positive but there are currently 2 "breakdowns" showing on the DEFRA/APHA interactive TB map near us, 1 around 15km north and 1 around the same south.
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davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Google it it will show up how
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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
I tried that but it seems the government are only interested in Wales. Here it just links to our local badger trust.
I'll ask the vet doing our re-test on Tuesday.
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matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
Difficult one. M.bovis needs category 4 lab facilities, (that means air extraction etc.) and few establishments have them. Your vet may be more helpful.
On the other hand, who do you know in Wales or any other area who are doing badger pms?
That’d bugger up the spoligotype maps, should this carcase prove positive.
We had someone come out, found it a waste of time, same sh!t goes around in ten year cycles with what the tell you to do to reduce the risk, yet to find a badger that don't pi$$ all over the placeGet yourself a visit from TBAS as I find them excellent with advice and help on getting movement licenses and general help and advice and just so approachable. All these services need using or will be lost. I went to a TBAS meeting at my local town on Tuesday and I was ashamed how poorly attended it was
Keepers
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- Location
- South West
Had this day before yesterday, had us mark badger setts on the map, and then ask where the maize was grown (in field next to setts) and then have advice on how to keep the badgers away from the cattle
Asked if we had cattle dogs to take them to vet if they cut themselves whilst working etc
Was a waste of time but she was friendly and more than willing answer any questions
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- East Sussex
Do what my buddy does to any visitor of some quango: offer to make them a tea/coffee. Whilst brewing up ask them a question that is important to you and so you can cast judgement on their attitude and mentality. Is the answer suitable then add sugar, if it’s crap then add salt.
a bit off topic, but....
my late auntie was attracting an unwanted suitor when she was a lass here.
It wasn't in an era where she could tell him to sling his hook, so one day, as she made him another mug of tea as protocol dictated, she added one of the large black slugs to be found hereabouts.
Happily it sank, so he didn't find it until he got to the bottom of his cuppa. that fixed things!.
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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Well that's a bugger! One of our 2 IR's went IR again today so we are now under restricion.
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- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
The APHA policy vet that came to talk to our Stockmen's Cllub was only intersted in poitning out that Mr Patterson had had to put various commitments on the table to get EU funding of £107m for a plan to deal with this
When asked about voluntary measures for alpaca movements, tagging, testing , high to low risk areas , no comments
When asked about how to arrest the spread in shoulder areas through the wildlife vectors - no answers
- Location
- East Sussex
I hope someone told them what they thought of that?
Well that's a bugger! One of our 2 IR's went IR again today so we are now under restricion.
Sorry to hear it. Chin up and struggle on is all you can do as my old man always used to say.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
I sort of started but I think the mood in the room was not to rub the APHA up the wrong way
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- South Wales UK
Whole area down by Llanelli being tested with TB in humans in news too.
- Location
- East Sussex
PostHarvest
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- Location
- Warwick
A couple of years ago, I attended a bTB awareness evening run by a local vets. As part of it we were asked to collect roadkill badgers for a research project being run by Nottingham university with a bounty of £10 per. The local collection centre was NFU HQ at Stoneleigh. Couple of weeks later I rocked up at reception with a brace of double bagged stripeys. No-one knew what to do with them - hadn't a scuby-doo. Someone was going to "come down" to see me. Didn't happen. I left about an hour later feeling that NFU didn't know and didn't care about the biggest issue affecting my livestock. Never got my £20 bounty either - not that I did it for the money anyway.
Should I send Guy the invoice?
Should I send Guy the invoice?
matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
ShiitWell that's a bugger! One of our 2 IR's went IR again today so we are now under restricion.
ballymacombsgrimme
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Anyone heard of putting a buck goat in with cattle to prevent tb spread. One guy here swears it works.
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