Ali_H
Well-Known Member
FMD Update 1230 hrs 8 August
A dangerous Contact is being culled approx 100 pigs, a few sheep and cattle.
An announcement is expected at about 3 pm today on fallen stock and move to slaughter. Formal notification will be on the DEFRA website and we expect to forward this to you by email later today. The announcements are expected to be effective from midnight tonight and will apply to the Restricted Zone (RZ) across Great Britain but does not apply to the Protection Zone (PZ) or Surveillance Zone (SZ)
These adjustments are interim measures based on the risk and to ease problems for the industry. They are NOT a relaxation of the rules and will therefore require increased vigilance by surveillance by the industry to ensure that we are taking forward not backward steps. This is a serious responsibility test for the industry by the new Secretary of State and a chance for the industry to demonstrate competence without over regulation.
TB testing continues in England and Animal Health (AH) (was SVS) remain responsible for it and are permitted to allow gathering of cattle for test under their (A ) close supervision.
<font color="red">This baffled me some what!! we are allowed to move cattle to our hearts content so longs as we are TB testing! Is it just me who thinks maybe we could put TB testing on hold until we know more about the situation? </font>
A dangerous Contact is being culled approx 100 pigs, a few sheep and cattle.
An announcement is expected at about 3 pm today on fallen stock and move to slaughter. Formal notification will be on the DEFRA website and we expect to forward this to you by email later today. The announcements are expected to be effective from midnight tonight and will apply to the Restricted Zone (RZ) across Great Britain but does not apply to the Protection Zone (PZ) or Surveillance Zone (SZ)
These adjustments are interim measures based on the risk and to ease problems for the industry. They are NOT a relaxation of the rules and will therefore require increased vigilance by surveillance by the industry to ensure that we are taking forward not backward steps. This is a serious responsibility test for the industry by the new Secretary of State and a chance for the industry to demonstrate competence without over regulation.
TB testing continues in England and Animal Health (AH) (was SVS) remain responsible for it and are permitted to allow gathering of cattle for test under their (A ) close supervision.
<font color="red">This baffled me some what!! we are allowed to move cattle to our hearts content so longs as we are TB testing! Is it just me who thinks maybe we could put TB testing on hold until we know more about the situation? </font>