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So he rubbed their necks and lone behold one of them showed up with lumps. No doubt about it.

A lad we bought in 10 months ago. Dept ringing on Monday. This hasn't happened us in nearly 2 decades so unsure about how this plays out.

Do we need to 2 clear tests before we can sell in mart? The young man will be shipped away shortly... How will his market value be decided?

Thanks in advance.

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foxy farmer

Just home from a funeral and after talking to a few lads who were notified. One lad locked up like myself because he has ground rented near the restricted farmers silage ground which is also rented. No cattle ever grazed this ground. He's appealing his case to the Dept. and suggested I do likewise. Theres a few more notified but they should be getting registered letters too if I'm anything to go by.
Ive done 5 tests in the last 18months. Could badly do without putting heavy in calf cows through a crush twice in the near future.

jack o shea

And some lads still think this is not a money racket..........

greysides

I'm not sure what criteria are used for restricting neighbours but once you go with the idea of it being badger spread rather than nose-to-nose then a certain distance rather than neighbours becomes rational.

Mooooo

If you are in what's considered a high risk area you will get restricted. Is it possible the lad that got locked up is farming the ground across the river also? It's the department makes the call fella that got locked up has nothing to do with it.

foxy farmer

A few people got notices of a local dairy farmer being locked up last week. Postman called with a registered letter for me this morning. Another notice saying that I'm restricted until further notice as I'm contiguous to aTB breakdown. Presumably its the same herd but the notice doesnt say. I have no land boundsing him and well he knows it. Theres a public road stream and a narrow field belonging to his first cousin between my ground and his. 200 yrds at a minimum
Is the registered letter a new thing? Another neighbour who is just over the ditch was locked up 2 yrs ago but i never was restricted. I suppose another test is inevitable. I have 5 tests done since june 15.

mistybluehills

degetme wrote: »

Paid 510 for 124 animals for t.b test recently includes call out charges. How does this price fair?

IFA have a price survey on their website.
Think €3.50 a head was the average, call out 2 x €25 also.
Cheapest in country was €2.50 @ head. But that could be some1 with 1000 cows!

TITANIUM.

RD10 wrote: »

Clear test here. Delighted! as was said above,big weight lifted from my shoulders.

Goodman. Breath the free air my friend!!!

RD10

Clear test here. Delighted! as was said above,big weight lifted from my shoulders.

RedPeppers

blue5000 wrote: »

Is there anyone on here affected by the M17 motorway? Badgers don't like being disturbed, just wondering what the tb levels are like in the area now compared to a couple of years ago.

Not affected by the new motorway here but I read in the Tuam Hearld a couple of weeks back that Tb has become a massive problem to people in the area of new motorway. One dairy farmer lost about 60 of his 90 cows with it.

blue5000

Is there anyone on here affected by the M17 motorway? Badgers don't like being disturbed, just wondering what the tb levels are like in the area now compared to a couple of years ago.

patsy_mccabe

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Twould be no bad idea. Are you allowed to move it significantly? I'm normally September.

Ya, any month you like. I do mine in June so I get the calves done too. Should I go down, I will still be clear in time to sell weanlings before the winter.

tanko

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Twould be no bad idea. Are you allowed to move it significantly? I'm normally September.

I'm pretty sure you can move it to any month you like as long as there's no more than 12 months between tests.

TITANIUM.

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Good to hear you passed. Was locked up myself this year. Know well what its like.
Would you consider moving your annual test to earlier in the year.

Twould be no bad idea. Are you allowed to move it significantly? I'm normally September.

patsy_mccabe

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Oh dame right.
I suppose twould make since to shift a few before the test in future just in case.

Good to hear you passed. Was locked up myself this year. Know well what its like.
Would you consider moving your annual test to earlier in the year.

TITANIUM.

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Great stuff.

It's a weight on the shoulders wondering whether you can sell or buy so at least you have 6 months of peace from that anyway.

Oh dame right.
I suppose twould make since to shift a few before the test in future just in case.

Buford T. Justice XIX

TITANIUM. wrote: »

All clear thanks be to god.
Tis a weight off the shoulders. Of the 3 winters ive been farming on my own since the auld lad passed I've been locked for 2 of them. It's great freedom to be able to go to the mart and buy and sell as you please.
I might take herself out for dinner and a few pints tonight to celebrate.

Great stuff.

It's a weight on the shoulders wondering whether you can sell or buy so at least you have 6 months of peace from that anyway.

TITANIUM.

All clear thanks be to god.
Tis a weight off the shoulders. Of the 3 winters ive been farming on my own since the auld lad passed I've been locked for 2 of them. It's great freedom to be able to go to the mart and buy and sell as you please.
I might take herself out for dinner and a few pints tonight to celebrate.

RD10

great news guys. hoping the same result will go my way too.
bit worried as i got letter in the post few days ago to say my next door neighbour went down recently. it seems the area has been hit hard in the last few months. few farms have gone down around me.

Buford T. Justice XIX

I was lucky to get clear just before calving last year and I have a good few weanlings and cull cows to move in the next few weeks. I was a bit worried as another neighbour went down before Christmas but I won't have to worry till July now.

Best of luck tomorrow but hopefully you won't need it:)

TITANIUM.

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Clear!

Thankfully, I can now get rid of a few and make space for calves again:)

Fair play. I've been locked up since September and reading in the morning. Please god twill be grand. Got caught to winter allot of stock that I should have sold in October.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Clear!

Thankfully, I can now get rid of a few and make space for calves again:)

degetme

Paid 510 for 124 animals for t.b test recently includes call out charges. How does this price fair?

Sam Kade

RD10 wrote: »

did she pass the retest sam?

She passed but she can only go to the factory when culled, no selling on.

greysides

Sam Kade wrote: »

I had an inconclusive during the summer and held onto her, the retest was 42 days not 60, unless they changed it since.

I believe 42 is correct.

RD10

Sam Kade wrote: »

I had an inconclusive during the summer and held onto her, the retest was 42 days not 60, unless they changed it since.

did she pass the retest sam?

Mooooo

Sam Kade wrote: »

I had an inconclusive during the summer and held onto her, the retest was 42 days not 60, unless they changed it since.

You may be correct don't have the letter to hand

Mooooo

farmerjj wrote: »

If you go with opinion 3,and take the animal to the factory and comes back in 8weeks clear is the whole herd clear, and don't need to be retested?

Yes

Sam Kade

Mooooo wrote: »

Must check the statement, my inconclusive went to the factory today, glands will be cultured and should know in 8 weeks if I am clear or not. Three options with an inconclusive,
Retest that animal after 60 days,
Send to factory and retest herd after 60 days,
Send to factory and get glands cultured which takes about 8 weeks.
If already restricted and there have been a lot of cases or if you have had a few go down in previous tests sometimes the department may upgrade an inconclusive to a reactor depending on reading, according to vet anyway

I had an inconclusive during the summer and held onto her, the retest was 42 days not 60, unless they changed it since.

farmerjj

Mooooo wrote: »

Must check the statement, my inconclusive went to the factory today, glands will be cultured and should know in 8 weeks if I am clear or not. Three options with an inconclusive,
Retest that animal after 60 days,
Send to factory and retest herd after 60 days,
Send to factory and get glands cultured which takes about 8 weeks.
If already restricted and there have been a lot of cases or if you have had a few go down in previous tests sometimes the department may upgrade an inconclusive to a reactor depending on reading, according to vet anyway

If you go with opinion 3,and take the animal to the factory and comes back in 8weeks clear is the whole herd clear, and don't need to be retested?

RD10

Well i have my 2nd, 120 day test tomorrow night, friday.
First test went clear, im hoping to god this one does aswell.