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Because of legislative changes in Scotland on 18 May 2023, the Scotland guidance has been updated. The sections which have changed are: If you have TB positive (reactor) animals, how your compensation is calculated, removal and slaughter of reactors by APHA, movements to TB restricted and approved facilities in England. The section on removal and slaughter of reactors by private arrangement has been removed.

Updated 'dealing with TB in your herd: what to do if bovine TB is detected in your herd in Wales'. The sections with changes are: If your herd has a TB breakdown; Officially TB free status suspended (OTFS); Officially TB free status withdrawn (OTFW); Post-mortem examination of reactor cattle; IRs identified in non-breakdown herds; Short interval tests; Interferon gamma and IDEXX antibody tests for M.bovis; Testing after the removal of restrictions; Movement to approved TB isolation units.

The guidance 'Dealing with TB in your herd: what to do if bovine TB is detected in your herd in Scotland' has been updated throughout. The PDF 'Dealing with TB in your herd: what happens if TB is identified in your herd (Scotland)' has been removed. It's been replaced with an accessible HTML attachment.

Updated Welsh language version of the Wales guidance.

Wales guidance updated. Changes to Wales policies on officially TB free status withdrawn (OTFW) and on inconclusive reactors (IRs) apply from 17 January 2022.

The PDF 'Dealing with TB in your herd: what happens if TB is identified in your herd (Wales)' has been replaced with the HTML document 'Dealing with TB in your herd: what to do if bovine TB is detected in your herd in Wales'.

Updated Wales document - compensation section

Wales documents updated in relation to OTFW Wales policy change due to come into force from the 1 January 2016.

PDF document on guidance for cattle keepers in England has been archived and link added to new guidance.

England - paragraph added about compensation for animals in AFUs and EFUs

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