GB national statistics
Joint Announcement of the Agricultural Departments of the United Kingdom
These statistics were released today, Wednesday 16th May 2012, according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
The latest data relates to February 2012.
The key points in the latest statistical release, relating to February 2012, are:
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The provisional January to February 2012 incidence rate is 4.2%, compared to 4.9% in January to February 2011. However, care needs to be taken not to read too much into short term figures, especially as this figure includes a number of unclassified incidents. As such, the incidence rates are subject to further revisions as more tests and their results for the period are input.
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The number of new herd incidents during the period January to February 2012 was 971, compared to 989 for January to February 2011. The number of tests on officially TB free herds was 14,602 in January to February 2012, compared to 13,179 in January to February 2011.
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The number of cattle compulsorily slaughtered as reactors or direct contacts was 6,253 in January to February 2012, compared to 6,243 in January to February 2011.
Coverage: GB
Geographic Breakdown: n/a
Next release date: Release calendar
For further information about these statistics please e-mail: tbstatistics@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Additional TB statistics:
Downloads
16 May 2012
- Incidence of TB in cattle in Great Britain – statistical notice (pdf, 163 KB)
- Incidence of TB in cattle in Great Britain – dataset (xls, 596 KB)