Summary
A major auction of beef cattle in the Westcountry has been postponed because one of the animals up for sale has reacted inconclusively to a bovine TB test.
News that the sale of the Flete Herd of South Devons had been called off came as national figures were released showing a 19 per cent rise in the number of cattle slaughtered as a result of tests during the first quarter of this year, compared to the same time last year.See the full content of this document
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Bovine Tb Test Puts Paid to Top Herd Sale
Farming organisations are warning that the situation is critical - and can only get worse.
Hundreds of farmers and livestock breeders from all over the UK and...See the full content of this document
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