Thread: TB control in Molesworth

Originally Posted by Woody

One issue @Tahr is that bTb is actually not a trade issue and has not been for decades. Two things;- firstly, many of the countries we export meat to have endemic bTb. Secondly, all our meat is inspected and any carcass with identified bTb is rejected from export production processes: - However those bTb carcasses are trimmed clear of any bTb and distributed to our local consumers domestic butcher markets (us).
Lastly; bTb in properly cooked meat is not infectious.

Isolation of bTb infected farms for a period of fallow combined with slaughter of infected stock would end the problem and at billions less cost than is presently the case.

All I said was TB is a trade issue and its hard to argue against

The status of TB in our trading partners countries has never been an issue, They mostly have it. Always have.
Its that they will use us having it as a non tariff trade barrier that is a concern. Our trade partners have a maximum TB cattle population incidence criteria for us that we must meet - the consequence is ceased trade.

Pest vectors are a link in the spread of TB. Proven. Not the only cause. But a significant one.

Our bTB rates in herds is well below the global threshold for a country to state they have 'eradicated' a disease. Yet we keep doing it. Spraying money around like it grows on trees. Follow the money.