Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
TB Eradication Programme: Discussion
Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I think Mr. Geraghty said that the test was approximately 70% accurate. Suckler farmers have an average of 15 to 18 cows. Those are small numbers so if the tests are not as accurate as we would like them to be and there are smaller numbers in the herd, does that mean there is more of a possibility of herds not being identified? Does Mr. Geraghty understand what I mean? He mentioned a herd of 70 cows. That is fair enough. The chances are that if there is anything there, it will be caught, or that if one is missed, the next will be got. When talking about smaller herds, would that not have an impact?
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