New online auction facility for farmers locked up with TB 

It is expected that this facility will be available from the end of this month.

Previously, TB-restricted herds could only sell test-negative animals directly to slaughter or in a small number of cases to an individual TB-restricted controlled finishing unit (CFU) for onward movement to slaughter. 

A new online auction facility to allow farmers whose herds are locked up with TB to sell their animals has been announced.

The Bovine TB Stakeholders Forum held its 18th meeting at Backweston Campus on Tuesday, with discussion focused on current disease trends and a paper presented by the forum’s scientific working group on regionalisation of the TB programme.