Testing for TB in your herd in Scotland and Wales
Guidance for cattle keepers in Scotland and Wales on why cattle are tested for bovine TB, how the tests are done and how to prepare for the tests.
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Update history
2024-02-14 00:15
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.
2024-02-01 00:15
This guidance has been updated due to legislative changes in Wales on 1 February 2024.
2023-05-18 09:00
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.
2023-03-30 16:40
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post-movement testing; Suspension: Officially TB Free status Suspended (OTFS); Withdrawal: Officially TB Free status Withdrawn (OTFW); The tuberculin skin test; The gamma interferon blood test for TB
2022-11-28 12:33
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.
2022-04-11 11:09
Added Welsh translation of the guidance: Testing for TB in your herd: what this means to you (Wales).
2022-03-30 16:28
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 TBInconclusive 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The TB status of your herd Suspension: Officially TB Free status Suspended (OTFS) Withdrawal: Officially TB Free status Withdrawn (OTFW) Records.A new section on the IDEXX Antibody test has been added.