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A chance to put btb testing under the microscope in the uk. we've long been worried about its accuracy, its ability to give false positives and also false negatives as well. the impact goes far beyond alpacas. this has a significant impact for british farming, too. the environment secretary, george eustice, has said geronimo's tests were reliable. downing street also expressed its sympathy, but said everything possible needed to be done to fight bovine tb. no test is absolutely perfect. no test is absolutely 100% sensitive or 100% specific. j so, defra have to work on the big numbers, and they...

I'm not going to break the law but i won't be making it easy. i'm not going to be helping them to kill an animal that doesn't need to be killed. bovine tb is a common issue for uk farmers — around 40,000 cows are killed, after positive tests each year. helen thinks geronimo's tests were flawed and is calling on the government to take another look. i i think that this alpaca gives us. a chance to put btb testing under the microscope in the uk. we have long been worried. about its accuracy, its ability to give false positives and also false negatives as well. - the impact goes far beyond alpac...

SHARING OPTIONS: Ray Doyle of ICOS said the exception to test calves within 42 days had supported a positive mart trade. A request has been made for the rules around calf TB testing to be changed to allow calves up to 120 days of age to be freely traded without the need for a test. The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) called for the change, originally introduced as part of COVID-19 flexibilities, to be made permanent at a calf welfare group meeting with the Department of Agriculture. “We have seen great improvements in calf welfare and qua...

SHARING OPTIONS: A number of meetings of the TB implementation group are scheduled to thrash out the details. \ Philip Doyle Farm organisations are insisting that farmers must not be asked to carry the cost of any additional tests required under the new legislation. A number of meetings of the TB implementation group are scheduled to thrash out the details over the coming weeks. IFA animal health chair Pat Farrell said pre- and post- movement tests had no basis for inclusion in the Irish TB programme as there was no scientific basis for them. Farrell in...

SHARING OPTIONS: Legislation will have to be amended at Stormont to allow for pre and post movement testing to be carried out in NI. \ Donal O'Leary New rules are being introduced in NI which will require a significant increase in the number of pre- and post-movement TB tests. The rules are part of new EU Animal Health Law (AHL) which comes into effect from 21 April 2021. It applies to NI farmers because of the NI protocol element of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.