NI TB Report Shows Complexity Of Disease, Say Vets
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Veterinary associations have welcomed the Review into Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) by the Assembly’s Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) Committee, and highlighted the importance of the role of veterinary surgeons in delivering an effective TB eradication strategy.
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and its local division the North of Ireland Veterinary Association (NIVA) particularly welcomed:1222 views
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28th November, 2012 18h38
- The call for the Government to have a specific target to eradicate TB, rather than just controlling the disease (Recommendation 8)
- The need to utilise the expertise of local veterinary practices in partnership with farmers (Recommendation 2)
- The focus on improving communication to ensure the limitations of the testing regime are understood well enough to make risk-based decisions (Recommendation 5)
- The need for DARD to carry out scoping work for the test, vaccinate or remove (TVR) policy to identify and address potential weaknesses in the model
- The need for better understanding through detailed epidemiological studies to understand the risk factors and reinvigorated biosecurity training and advice (Recommendations 11-14)
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