Risky cattle trading heightens bovine TB risk in the North West

摘要

TB will soon sweep across the major cattle counties of Lancashire and Cumbria unless there is a huge mindset change among farmers to stop the trading in "risky" cattle, according to vets.This stark warning was given at a TB meeting in Lancashire organised by vet practice Lambert, Leonard and May following a recent rise in the number of reactors on farms in the county.If the rate continues to spread across the region, the disease will have a devastating impact similar to that experienced in TB-rav-aged counties in the South West, a recent meeting at Myerscough College heard.Farmers were also told not to underestimate the inevitable threat of an EU ban on all UK cattle exports if the escalating level of TB reached the trading-ban threshold figure.