Incidence of TB in Cattle

These statistics were released today, Wednesday 18 August 2010, according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

The latest data relates to May 2010.

The key points from this release are:

The provisional April 2010 estimate lies below the incidence rate for May 2009. However, care needs to be taken not to read too much into a single month's figure, especially as this figure includes a high number of unclassified incidents. As such the incidence rates are subject to further revisions as more tests and their results are input.
Provisional statistics show an 5.5% decrease in the number of new TB incidents in January -May l 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. Combined with a increase in the number of herds tested over the same period, this equates to a provisional overall decrease in the TB incidence rate (new TB incidents, as a proportion of tests on unrestricted herds) of 12%.
The provisional average confirmed incidence rate (confirmed new TB incidents, as a proportion of tests on unrestricted herds) was 3.7% for January - May 2010, compared to 4.1% for the same period in 2009.

Coverage: GB

Geographic Breakdown: n/a

Next release date: Release calendar

For more information about this release, please e-mail : michael.j.chatten@defra.gsi.gov.uk or telephone:++44 (0)1904 45 5098

Page last modified: 18 August, 2010
Page published: 18 March, 2010

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