The Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA) have announced changes to TB testing in the Low and Intermediate TB Areas of North Wales. The changes come into force on 3rd April 2023.
The changes mean that contiguous tests and post-breakdown tests (6 and 18 months after movement restrictions are lifted) will be read at severe interpretation rather than at standard.
For herds with IRs (but no reactors) identified at these tests, all IRs will receive a gamma blood test. The results of the gamma test will determine subsequent actions in these herds.
Subsequent contiguous tests at 6 months, 12 months and 18 months will be at standard interpretation.
More information is available here