The idea of this post was to offer any pearls of wisdom about TB to this poor man whose herd stands to be decimated by this stinking lowlife disease not to start a North versus South slanging match.
Tb is on the increase eveywhere not just in animals but in humans too and everyone needs to be vigilant even if you're not in a hot spot otherwise how long will it be before DEFRA in their infinite wisdom decide that pigs need testing just the same as cattle, more expense, more red tape for the beleagued livestock keeper. One of the things that puts me off cattle is the red tape that goes with them ( and Oh says he will do for me if another animal sets it hoof, paw, trotter etc on the place
) and all the testing. There was a report in the farmers weekly a couple of weeks ago about pigs being found with TB and also unscupulous farmers changing ear tags on infected cattle and regardless of where you live it only takes one numpty to bring an illegal animal onto a holding and wham its off again. This no time for complacency.
If i hear anymore news on how the GOS keeper is progressing i'll let you all know.
Regards
Mandy
