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TUBERCULOS I S
What is the ‘Edge’
On 4th July this year Defra launched a public
consultation on a new strategy for achieving
Officially bTB Free status for England. Ahead
of the outcome of the consultation, Defra has
introduced further control measures designed
to stop, and ultimately reverse, the spread of
bTB at the frontier of the disease, known as
the ‘Edge Area’.
The Edge (red hashed on the picture) is the
area between those identified as ‘High risk’
(red on the picture) and ‘Low risk’ (beige on
the picture) for bTB. The edge is where there
is no evidence that bTB is endemic but where
infection is currently spreading or at risk of
disease spread in the short to medium term.
The edge area consists of entire counties
(Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire,
Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire
and Hampshire) and part-counties (Cheshire,
Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and
East Sussex).
So what’s changed
in the Edge?
Full details are available at
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animal-
diseases/a-z/bovine-tb/publications/
XLVets has recently delivered a series of training events funded
by Defra for farmers in the bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) edge area.
Kate Hoskin from XLVet Training Services and some of the vets
delivering the training report on some key messages.
Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB)
Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) Edge area
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FOR A HEALTHIER FUTURE...
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