1600 Cattle Tested Positive For Bovine Tuberculosis
The Ministry of Agriculture tested 33,839 cattle in total for TB and more than 1000 came out positive.
Monday 18 February 2019 | 09:38
One-thousand-six-hundred-and-eighty-one cattle tested positive for Bovine Tuberculosis last year under the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign.
Minister for Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development,Waterways and Environment Mahendra Reddy said they tested 33,839 cattle in total for TB and only more than 1000 came out positive. He added that 22,090 cattle were tested for Brucellosis and 31 were positive.
Mr Reddy said they initially had 10 trained staff working under the campaign who undertook TB and Brucellosis testing of the cattle on a day-to-day basis.He said the ministry now had four veterinarians and was in the process of recruiting one more.
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Edited by Percy Kean
