Calls for Welsh Government to replicate TB 'Pembrokeshire Project' for farmers across Wales

Dairy farmer Michael Williams and his vet Rhiannon Lewis are utilising historical test data on-farm to identify ‘residual disease risk' in clear-testing cattle, through the identification and management of high-risk animals for slaughter and improved biosecurity

Rachael Brown
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Calls for Welsh Government to replicate TB 'Pembrokeshire Project' for farmers across Wales

A Pembrokeshire project could offer a different solution on managing bovine TB, with calls for the Welsh Government to enable more farmers across the country to access risk rating data. Dairy farmer...

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