Department takes final steps towards BVD eradication

Payments will continue for 2022 as the programme reaches a "crucial point" close to eradication.

Ireland is on track to eradicate BVD by the end of 2023, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, announced earlier this week.

Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) is a highly contagious viral disease of cattle that can be transmitted as easily as the common cold.