cattle

Bovine TB has devastated the dairy industry. The current ‘test and cull’ regime has failed to eradicate the disease and comes at a high price to the taxpayer, herds and badgers.

Jonnie Yewdall, a former diary farmer, will describe: the impact of this disease on farmers and the industry; how a new test called Actiphage – that uses novel phage technology – offers a new approach to identifying carriers of the disease; the validation process and how improved disease management could eradicate not just bovine TB but also the wasting disease Johne’s.