Dick Sibley

Westridge Veterinary Practice, Witheridge, Tiverton, Devon, Director Myhealthyherd

Figure 3. Bovine tuberculosis screening. Vet injecting a cow with tuberculin during an intradermal comparative tuberculin test. This is the standard test used to screen cattle for bovine tuberculosis.
Cattle

Bovine tuberculosis: slow progress

The current surveillance programme is adequate for detecting infected herds, but inadequate for detecting infectious animals. The skin test (SICCT; Figures 2 and 3) and gamma interferon tests...

Figure 3. Graphic illustrating the progress measurement and drivers for Johne's disease within quarterly milk tested herds.
Cattle

The National Johne's Management Plan: using risk and data analysis to optimise Johne's control in dairy herds

Since the advent of the NJMP programme in 2009, Johne's knowledge has increased. There is now a greater emphasis placed on dam associative risks (Whittington and Windsor, 2009; Patterson, 2020;...