A new study identifying genetic factors contributing to bovine tuberculosis (bTB) susceptibility could represent an important step in the fight against the disease in cattle, and the zoonotic threat ...

A new study identifying genetic factors contributing to bovine tuberculosis (bTB) susceptibility could represent an important step in the fight against the disease in cattle, and the zoonotic ...

Bovine TB remains a serious issue in many countries around the world, including in Ireland, and surveillance and control programs impose a significant financial burden on national exchequers.

It has been claimed that current compensation rates set out in the TB Eradication Programme "no longer reflect true market ...

Mart and factory prices will be hit if the contentious TB proposals from the Department of Agriculture are approved, mart ...

Henry and Enda Walsh are farming in partnership in Oranmore, Co. Galway where their "efficient" Jersey- Friesian cross, high ...

New Zealand's largest working farm, Molesworth Station, has declared its cattle free of bovine tuberculosis for the first ...

Last month, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency or CFIA officially declared a herd of cattle infected with bovine ...

The Department has also proposed the “mandatory disclosure” of TB herd risk category at the point of sale for all sales.

Cattle with the mouse gene SP110 added to their genomes have immune cells that are better at slowing the growth of Mycobacterium bovis and are less susceptible to developing the internal symptoms of ...

In 2010, the Central Statistics Office recorded a TB herd incidence of 4.65% for the end-of-the-year figure. This was beaten ...

Queen guitarist Sir Brian May believes that improving farm hygiene could help to provide a solution to the problem of bovine tuberculosis. May, 77, has been campaigning against badger culling to ...