Experiencing your first TB Breakdown
Jimmy, dairy farmer, Leicestershire
Jimmy is a contract dairy farmer running one unit of 370 spring calving cows and another 600-cow unit nearby.
On his annual test one cow was an IR (inconclusive reactor). An IR is when a cow tests neither positive or negative for bovine TB and must be tested again after 60 days.
When the cow was tested again it was an IR for a second time, meaning the cow is classed as a reactor and had to be compulsory slaughtered.
This was the first time Jimmy had experienced a TB breakdown and losing a cow on his farm. He describes the traumatic effect this has had on himself and his team.