Country diary: A TB scare on the farm, and our summer plans are in ruins | Andrea Meanwell
Tebay, Cumbria: We’ve never had it among our cattle here before, but the risk is always there“It’s not looking good, guys,” said the vet, reaching for his callipers, and our summer plans for the farm suddenly came tumbling down. We were going to sell 17 two‑year-old bullocks, two pedigree breeding Galloway cows and one heifer the following day, but needed to test them for TB first – a legal requirement as someone within 3km of our land had a confirmed TB outbreak.Four…
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