We have a dedicated TB testing team to fulfil all of your testing requirements
We have a dedicated TB testing team to fulfil all of your testing requirements, with four full time testers along with our clinical vets. We deliver routine testing on behalf of APHA and offer private testing for pre and post movement tests.
TBAS funds free-of-charge farm visits carried out by TBAS Advisers to assess the risks TB poses to your farm and offer free, practical advice on reducing the risk of bovine TB entering your herd, in addition to managing ongoing breakdowns. The Advisers are made up of vets from our own W&M team. Six of our vets are registered TBAS advisors:
The TB Advisory Service is a DEFRA funded project that offers FREE, bespoke, practical and cost-effective advice to all eligible farmers in England to help reduce the risks associated with TB.
Your adviser will ask about your farm set up, the concerns you currently have regarding TB, and issues you may face in the future. If you have a Farm Level Data Pack from APHA, it would be useful to share this with the adviser. They will then have a walk around your farm buildings and fields to better understand your current situation. Throughout the visit the adviser will identify potential areas where TB risk could be eliminated or reduced discussing why these are risks and how you can control them. At the end of the visit you and your adviser will agree on four recommendations you can carry out.
There will be a second visit three – six months later to assess what recommendations have been concluded and what was involved in completing them including the time and monetary costs associated with each.
To book in a TBAS visit with one of our vets please call us on 01477 571000.
ibTB is an online interactive mapping tool displaying ongoing and resolved TB breakdowns in England and Wales over the past 10 years. Use it to find out about the bovine TB situation in your local area, and when purchasing cattle.
Click on the link and onto the interactive map for information about the different bovine TB risk areas in Great Britain, including TB testing intervals and whether pre-and/or post movement testing is required.
https://ibtb.co.uk/
Bovine TB Risk Map for Great Britain.
https://tbhub.co.uk/
Find Your Farm’s Testing Interval
Use this link to find out what TB testing interval area you are in, and whether your farm falls into the High Risk, Edge or Low Risk TB areas of England.
http://apha.defra.gov.uk/tb-test/index.asp
Free to access fact sheets that summarise TB topics such as Inconclusive Reactors, Badger Vaccination and many more, which are evidence-based:
www.tbknowledgeexchange.co.uk/tb-fact-sheets/
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