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Profi am TB yn eich buches yng Nghymru a'r Alban

Canllawiau i geidwaid gwartheg yng Nghymru a'r Alban ynghylch pam y profir gwartheg am TB buchol, sut y caiff y profion eu cynnal a sut i baratoi ar gyfer y profion.

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O dan y gyfraith mae’n ofynnol i unrhyw un sy’n cadw gwartheg drefnu i’w hanifeiliaid gael eu profi am TB buchol.

Profir gwartheg ar ôl cyfnod penodol (un neu bedair blynedd) yn dibynnu ar ba sir y lleolir y fuches ynddi, a’r risg o glefyd yn yr ardal honno.

Mae’r rhaglen brofi’n cadarnhau statws clefyd TB buches ac mae’n bwysig gwneud y canlynol:

  • nodi pa wartheg sydd wedi’u heintio â TB buchol
  • atal TB buchol rhag ymledu i wartheg ac anifeiliaid eraill
  • atal poen i’r gwartheg oherwydd haint
  • diogelu iechyd y cyhoedd

Mae canllawiau i geidwaid gwartheg yng Nghymru a’r Alban.

Ar gyfer ceidwaid gwartheg yn, Lloegr, gweler TB Buchol: Profi gwartheg yn Lloegr

Cyhoeddwyd ar 1 January 2013
Diweddarwyd ddiwethaf ar 14 February 2024 + show all updates
  1. This guidance has been updated as a result of the extension of the use of the TB PCR test to all post-mortem samples from bovine animals on 14 February 2024.

  2. This guidance has been updated due to legislative changes in Wales on 1 February 2024.

  3. Because of legislative changes in Scotland on 18 May 2023, this guidance has been updated. The sections which have changed are 'Inconclusive Reactors (IRs)' and 'Pre- and post-movement testing' in the Scotland guidance.

  4. Updated 'Testing for TB in your herd: what this means to you (Wales) '. The sections with changes are: Pre- and post-movement testing; Suspension: Officially TB Free status Suspended (OTFS); Withdrawal: Officially TB Free status Withdrawn (OTFW); The tuberculin skin test; The gamma interferon blood test for TB

  5. The guidance 'Testing for TB in your herd: what this means to you (Scotland' has been updated throughout. The PDF 'Testing for TB in your herd: what this means to you (Scotland)' has been removed. It's been replaced with an accessible HTML attachment.

  6. Added Welsh translation of the guidance: Testing for TB in your herd: what this means to you (Wales).

  7. The Welsh guidance PDF has been replaced with HTML guidance to make this content more accessible. The following sections have also been updated: Testing cattle for bovine TB Inconclusive Reactors (IRs) The TB status of your herd Suspension: Officially TB Free status Suspended (OTFS) Withdrawal: Officially TB Free status Withdrawn (OTFW) Records. A new section on the IDEXX Antibody test has been added.

  8. Added translation

  9. Scotland document updated to clarify the testing requirements of a TB breakdown based on the various risk factors associated with that breakdown.

  10. Wales documents updated in relation to OTFW Wales policy change due to come into force from the 1st January 2016.

  11. PDF guidance document for England has been archived and link added to new guidance

  12. AHVLA documents have been re-assigned to the new Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

  13. First published.