News Q&A: Move to spot test in BVD free herds seems unlikely

Spot testing for BVD, rather than testing all calves, has been “shot down” by researchers who identified birth profiles and movements of calves born in Ireland during 2014 and 2015.

Spot testing, supplemented in dairy herds by testing of milk samples, has formed the basis of the successful eradication programmes run in the Scandinavian countries.