TB reactor numbers continue to rise amid calls for ‘reset of policy’

The increase in bovine TB levels over the last 12 months is of huge concern to farmers. Photo: Roger Jones

Margaret Donnelly

The number of positive TB reactors in the past 12 months grew by 23pc, new figures from the Department of Agriculture show.

There were 31,756 reactors in the country between June 2023 and June 2024, up from 25,287 in the previous 12 months.