{"id":353,"date":"2020-08-20T15:31:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T14:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/?p=353"},"modified":"2023-02-20T10:51:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T10:51:43","slug":"an-update-on-tb-testing-from-apha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/an-update-on-tb-testing-from-apha\/","title":{"rendered":"An update on TB testing from APHA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From 1<sup>st<\/sup> September 2020 cattle herds in our area will move from 12 monthly testing to a compulsory 6 monthly test interval for all herds except those that qualify for <b>Earned Recognition<\/b>. This is being phased in gradually and had been planned for earlier in the year but was disrupted (along with everything else) by COVID.<\/p>\n<p>Earned recognition is achieved by meeting either of the qualifying criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The herd has been in existence for at least 6 years and has not had a TB breakdown in that time. 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