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Animal Health and Welfare Britain is to be a Lower Risk Zone for bluetongue status from 12 June. This means that all animals which could get bluetongue will have to meet stringent vaccination conditions before they can be imported. This is good news, but the CLA still urges members in the South East in particular to vaccinate all cattle and sheep against bluetongue. (Posted 8 June 2010) POLICY The CLA believes that our livestock industry plays an essential part in maintaining food security. We call on the new Government to institute:
The CLA's Finance and Commerical Director, Chris Murray, is a member of the Finance and Resource group which is looking at Defra spending on animal diseases to see where efficiency savings can be made. His aim is to help ensure that any new system is fair and transparent. (Posted 12 May 2010) Read our response to the Draft Animal Health Bill - the industry needs to know that it will influence decisions, and that unnecessary costs will be avoided. Consultations Current Consultation Simplification of Livestock Movement Rules and Holding Identifiers in England. Deadline: 30 June 2010. We have already put in our response to this consultation. Some of what it proposes is welcome, but some of it must be changed - we hope that the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), led as it is by a team familiar with agriculture, will look favourably on our comments. Please look at our other past consultation responses. We also attend emergency stakeholder meetings and can provide up-to-date information and advice. . Deer and Bovine TB The Government has indicated that targeted culls of badgers may be tried in England where they might reduce the spread of bTB. The Welsh Assembly is about to start badger culls in North Pembrokeshire - around1,500 badgers are expected to be killed and the trial will be monitored for five years. The first results of research into bTB and wild deer in Wales suggest that deer are not major agents in spreading the disease. Of 128 fallow deer tissue samples, four tested positive for M. bovis and I for M avium. This is a low level of infection, and suggests that the risk from badgers is higher than that from deer. The study, carried out by the Deer Initiative, is part of a greater consideration of the risks which can be read on its website. The level of M bovis in English deer is thought to be higher - it is estimated at 5.9 percent across England and Wales. Guidance Notes and advice We published a guidance note in January on exporting cattle to Scotland from England and Wales now that Scotland is a BTB-free zone. Read this and other guidance notes on animal health and livestock production. For advice on animal health, members should see our advice section. We monitor outbreaks of the main notifiable diseases, that must be reported to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affiars (Defra) including the associated movement restrictions and we assess the wider economic impact. |
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