AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF PRE-MOVEMENT TESTING FOR BOVINE TB IN ENGLAND AND WALES

摘要

On 27 March 2006, the government introduced, with certain exemptions, the mandatory Pre-Movement Testing (PrMT) of cattle moving out of high bovine tuberculosis (bTB) risk herds hi England (defined as those undergoing routine tuberculin testing everyone or two years). Initially, cattle under 15 months of age were excluded. The same policy was introduced in Wales on 2 May 2006. Pre and post-movement testing had already been introduced in Scotland on 23 September 2005 for all cattle over 42 days old,moving into Scotland from parishes subject to annual or biennial tuberculin testing. On 1 March 2007, PrMT in England and Wales was further extended to animals over the age of 42 days.