Scrapie

Industry to be landed with £143,000 BSE testing bill under TSE changes

N.Ireland

Industry to be landed with £143,000 BSE testing bill under TSE changes

Farmers in Northern Ireland could soon pay for BSE testing under new rules for dealing with TSE proposed by DAERA.

Low incidences of TSE found in the EU - Report

Beef

Low incidences of TSE found in the EU - Report

The EFSA recently published its first EU summary report on the monitoring of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) in cattle, sheep and goats.

Numbers of scrapie cases fall on the back of control measures

Sheep

Numbers of scrapie cases fall on the back of control measures

The numbers of reported scrapie cases have fallen significantly in recent years, according to latest figures from the Department of Agriculture.