TB testing

Morning! Half term is over all too quickly. March already - did we feel the first signs of it in the milder weather?! O I hope so - we are all waiting! Yesterday we did the first part of the TB test for our cattle. Horrendous job - always a worrying time. All the cattle have to come in, go through the crush, have a little bit of hair shaved in two places, close together, have a skin measurement taken in mills at each place and then a jab in each place. They are then let out, left for three days and brought back in. This will be on Saturday. They will be remeasured and if there is a reaction shown then they are kept on their own and re-tested 60 days later. In the meantime there are movement restrictions for the whole herd and we are worried to bits over whether they are ok. Hopefully though, we will get the all clear.