Pembrokeshire dairy farm devastated by bovine TB as Welsh government unveils 2014 eradication plan.
"Afterwards we all sort of went our separate ways on the farm and had 10 minutes to ourselves, a moment to cry," she said."Everyone has put so much time and effort into raising those cows from calf and then you're with them for their whole life - you feed them, you milk them, you calve them," she said.The family farm has been battling bovine TB for more than three years
Between 2009 and December 2022, new TB incidents fell by 49% in Welsh herds while prevalence decreased by 32%.But 9,516 cattle were still slaughtered as a result of the disease last year.A new five-year plan for tackling the disease was launched in the Senedd by rural affairs minister Lesley Griffiths following a public consultation.
Their role will be to challenge and provide advice to the chief veterinary officer for Wales and the Welsh government on reaching its 2041 goal.One of the technical advisory board's first tasks will be to review the practice of slaughtering pregnant cows infected with TB on farm, followingA specific project is to be launched focusing on Pembrokeshire, working with local farmers and vets to try and drive down numbers of infected herds there.
Sam Kurtz, who speaks for the Welsh Conservatives on rural matters, said TB would only be removed from herds by everyone "collaborating and working as one".
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