Crackdown on TB inconclusives after 'high risk' of becoming reactors emerges 

Department of Agriculture blood tests every six months on inconclusive animals that pass the skin re-test and the first blood test is a new TB eradication measure. File Picture. 

Herdowners can no longer sell cattle while a TB inconclusive animal in the herd awaits retesting, one of a number of new TB eradication measures designed to reduce the disease risk posed by inconclusive animals.

Blood testing by the Department of Agriculture of inconclusive reactors within 30 days after the first skin test where they were detected is another new rule, to ensure all infected animals are found.