Agriland Media Group is delighted to collaborate with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, to bring you the TB Awareness Series.
Did you know that over 6,000 herds had a breakdown in the last year? One of the measures farmers can take to reduce the risk of TB entering their herd and protect their livelihoods, is by breeding for TB resistance.
All farmers know the difference genetic improvement has made to the national herd either through the use of the Economic Breeding Index (EBI) in dairy animals, or the Beef Eurostar, Dairy Beef Index (DBI) and Commercial Beef Value Index (CBV) in beef animals.
The progress made by the industry, led by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) in increasing genetic gain over the last 20 years, has been one of the outstanding…