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<p>A report providing analysis of TB incidence in cattle for the licensed badger control
areas of Gloucestershire and Somerset, which began in 2013, and Dorset, which began
in 2015, has been published. This report includes the number of herds in each of the
cull areas. These herds have remained in an annual testing area since 2010, which
means they are required to be skin tested each year. Any herd with overdue testing
will have been put under movement restrictions until tested with negative results.
Some herds will have been tested more than once a year if they have had their official
TB-free status suspended or withdrawn, and any licenced finishing units may be exempt
from skin testing but subject to slaughterhouse surveillance. The data is published
in the below link and will be updated in due course.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-incidence-of-tb-in-cattle-in-licenced-badger-control-areas-in-2013-to-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-incidence-of-tb-in-cattle-in-licenced-badger-control-areas-in-2013-to-2017</a></p>
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