Tb in cumbria

[Exfarmer]

is there any truth in the story promoted by The Times columnist Jonathon Leake, that TB has been imported into Cumbria from Ireland, which has then spread into the local badger population. @matthew

 

[wasted years]

is there any truth in the story promoted by The Times columnist Jonathon Leake, that TB has been imported into Cumbria from Ireland, which has then spread into the local badger population. @matthew

Don't think it will be far away from true from what I am told.
Some really stupid farmers about but hey, if they are making money.

 

[Beef farmer]

Now the strain of tb can be linked to a paticular area, its unearthed a few issues

 

[sidjon]

Think 3 farms were tb tb was found inside the Cambrian hot spot were linked back to N Ireland, but the other 30 odd were the local strain, defra had published strain maps some where, I know our local mal is all one strain , apart from one farm who was purchasing cattle from away and most cattle farms locally have fire breaks with sheep farms.

 

[jade35]

Half year figures 2017 for Cumbria, Lancashire etc with details of breakdowns etc.

https://assets.publishing.service.g..._data/file/670108/north-west-lra-2017-mid.pdf

 

[jade35]

http://www.tbhub.co.uk/tb-facts/statistics/

 

[livestock 1]

As said above. There are different strains of Tb. Around this time last year the Irish type strain was found.

 

[matthew]

Cumbria has its own strain of zoonotic tuberculosis.
It was described in the Dunnet report of 1986.
It may be initially similar to other spoligotypes, but on more .DNA alleys, called VNTR (variable number tandem repeats) those extensions were found to be unique to .Cumbria.

So why that county was on 4 year testing, other than to tidy a map up, is a mystery.

 

[livestock 1]

Cumbria has its own strain of zoonotic tuberculosis.
It was described in the Dunnet report of 1986.
It may be initially similar to other spoligotypes, but on more .DNA alleys, called VNTR (variable number tandem repeats) those extensions were found to be unique to .Cumbria.

So why that county was on 4 year testing, other than to tidy a map up, is a mystery.

Cumbria has its own strain of zoonotic tuberculosis.
It was described in the Dunnet report of 1986.
It may be initially similar to other spoligotypes, but on more .DNA alleys, called VNTR (variable number tandem repeats) those extensions were found to be unique to .Cumbria.

So why that county was on 4 year testing, other than to tidy a map up, is a mystery.

Some of the cases weren’t this. They were an Irish type

 

[matthew]

That strain may have emerged in Ireland too. Some strains share locations.

 

[livestock 1]

That strain may have emerged in Ireland too. Some strains share locations.

The vets say it’s movements from Ireland

 

[matthew]

The vets say it’s movements from Ireland

I’m sure they do.

 

[livestock 1]

I’m sure they do.

They have looked to see what type of Tb it it and that is what they have said. If they are right or wrong I have no idea. They seem adimant that they are right

 

[livestock 1]

One of them is Z17 I don’t know if that’s the Irish one or Cumbrian one?

 

[matthew]

One of them is Z17 I don’t know if that’s the Irish one or Cumbrian one?

Although Professor Dunnett commented on, and talked about the Cumbrian hot spot in his report, he did not mention the spoligotype. So I don't know either.
The database created by Noel Smith and colleagues at VLA gave this information in it's brief description for England's main strains.

http://bovinetb.blogspot.com/2006/11/spoligotypes.html

I see different ones on VNTR are now popping up in the edge area.

 

[farmer1989]

I would love to know how we got tb 2 years ago closed heard since 're stock after foot and mouth ringfenced farm high level of bio security but still got it and I'm amazed tb not in Scotland "bull sh!t" but it can go right up to the border but not cross it

 

[Surgery]

I would love to know how we got tb 2 years ago closed heard since 're stock after foot and mouth ringfenced farm high level of bio security but still got it and I'm amazed tb not in Scotland "bull sh!t" but it can go right up to the border but not cross it

Hadrian’s wall that’s why

 

[matthew]

Wee Kranky.
Sturgeon with an AK 47?

 

[livestock 1]

I would love to know how we got tb 2 years ago closed heard since 're stock after foot and mouth ringfenced farm high level of bio security but still got it and I'm amazed tb not in Scotland "bull sh!t" but it can go right up to the border but not cross it

It’s at Gretna and some further up. They don’t disclose it on the internet like we do in England.