Welsh Government announces changes to bovine TB on-farm slaughter policy

Under the new recommendations farmers will be able to choose to delay the removal of a cow or heifer in the last 60 days of pregnancy and animals that have given birth in the previous 7 days, subject to biosecurity conditions to protect other cattle in the herd

Rachael Brown
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Welsh Government announces changes to bovine TB on-farm slaughter policy

Immediate changes are to be made to Wales' bovine TB on-farm slaughter policy, with the aim of reducing the number of cattle slaughtered on-farm. It is following recommendations from the Bovine TB Technical...

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