Treble trouble in herd hit by disease

HOW a herd was first depopulated due to a case of BSE, and then depopulated due to a case of brucellosis, and the farmer was refused the full rate of brucellosis reactor compensation, was described in the 2004 Annual Report of the Agriculture Appeals Office.

After BSE depopulation, a new herd number was allocated, and animals were purchased with a view to resuming milk production.

Then came the failed milk test which indicated brucellosis.