Provisional statistics from Defra's latest TB in Cattle release suggest an 8.2% decrease in the number of new TB incidents in April 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. The increase in the number of herds tested means a provisional overall decrease of 14% in the TB incidence rate. The average confirmed incidence rate for April 2010 was 3.7% and it was 4.1% for the same period last year.
The total number of herds tested in April was 7,927. A total of 3,947 herds are under movement restrictions. There were 6,441 tests on unrestricted herds of which 422 were new herd incidents. In terms of animals this equates to 724,646 total cattle tests. Cattle compulsorily slaughtered as a result of tests numbered 2,812 reactors (cattle that reacted to the tuberculin test) and 81 contacts (direct contact exposed to TB) giving a total of 2,893 animals.
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