What about disinfection after a reactor is found?
Information related to disinfection at locations which have had a Tuberculosis (TB) reactor animal.
What about disinfection after a reactor is found?
Mycobacterium bovis can survive in the environment so you will have to thoroughly clean and disinfect all places (other than fields) where you have kept reactor cattle, and all equipment and tools you have used with them. This should kill the bacterium and help prevent the disease spreading to the other cattle in your herd. You should use an approved disinfectant that has been tested for use against TB. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) staff can provide you with a list of approved disinfectants showing the appropriate dilution rate that will kill TB.
A Veterinary Officer or Animal Health and Welfare Inspector will give you a notice BT33 telling you what cleansing and disinfection you should do. This will depend on your own farm’s circumstances. By law, you must carry out the cleansing and disinfection set out in a BT33 notice, but you can employ contractors to do the work if you want to. You should contact the Divisional Veterinary Office as soon as possible after you have finished the cleansing and disinfection and it will be inspected.
