Animal Plant Health Agency
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These Low Risk Areas (LRAs) were established in 2013. In 2014 these areas were incorporated into the UK governments strategy to achieve Officially Tuberculosis-Free (OTF) status for England by 2038. A key action was to recognise the different levels of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in different parts of the country and to vary the approach to control accordingly.
The aim is to preserve the favourable disease status of these areas so that their counties can be declared OTF as soon as possible.
These reports are intended for individuals involved in the control of TB, both locally and nationally. This includes, but is not limited to farmers, veterinarians, policy makers and the scientific community.