Cork TB rates hit more than double the national average

The bacterium which causes bovine TB spreads from cattle to badgers and badgers to cattle. The Department wants to expand badger vaccination

Nationally, bTB levels in 2021 are lower than in 2020. File photo: iStock

A “serious” bovine TB situation across Co. Cork has been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Herd incidence is at 8.58% in the Cork North veterinary division of the DAFM (compared to 6.12% in February 2020), and 6.02% in Cork South. Across Munster, the bovine TB (bTB) situation is “variable”.