Research and analysis

Bovine TB: slaughter of cattle in Great Britain, 2016 to 2019

This report evaluates the results of TB surveillance in cattle at routine (commercial) slaughter between 2016 and 2019.

From:
Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published
30 June 2021

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Analysis of bovine tuberculosis surveillance at routine slaughter of cattle in Great Britain, 2016 to 2019

PDF, 1.79 MB, 105 pages

Details

This report is an update to an earlier analysis conducted by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) in 2018 for the period 2013 to 2016.

The report includes:

  1. Slaughterhouse case submission numbers and rates.
  2. The proportion of slaughterhouse cases positive on culture.
  3. The proportion of new TB herd incidents disclosed in the slaughterhouse.
  4. Identification of test reactors in the source herd following a positive slaughterhouse case.
  5. A model to explore residual variation in detection rates of TB lesions between slaughterhouses.

See previous reports:

Published 30 June 2021

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