TB numbers on the rise in Munster

Disease causes untold hardship for farmers and farm families whose herds have to be culled.

Herd incidence for the disease on November 7 stood at 4.18%. But it was 5.05% in Waterford and 8.34% in north Cork. File Picture

Bovine TB outbreaks in west Waterford and north Cork are on the increase, according to figures given to the Senate.

Senator John Cummins, who raised the issue, was informed by Minister of State Martin Heydon that the national herd incidence for the disease on November 7 stood at 4.18%. But it was 5.05% in Waterford and 8.34% in north Cork.