Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Eradication of TB: Discussion
Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Yes, but to me there are statistics that need to be worked out here. Dr. Barrett's table on page 27 is a unique piece of work. It outlines where we are with the industry itself. There was mention of vaccinations and we are not looking at vaccinations for the exportation of animals. We export younger animals on average; we do not export cows. The cows in our herd are usually either in lactation or they are going into the industry for whatever they do - I do not want to say it. Is there an option whereby we should be looking at vaccination for a certain section of our population of bovines because statistically TB is more likely to be prevalent in that section of bovines?
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