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“60% (15) had a negative snapshot; eight were fully negative and six had one seropositive result. The other 40% had more than two positives, but – in general – there wasn’t major amounts of seropositives.

Aberdeen Angus - a well-known Irish beefbred in Ireland and grass-fed. With the integration of traditional pasture farming and advanced technology, the cattles are fed to be of high quality and more tender.

“This is not necessarily representative of the whole beef industry, but it is certainly an interesting indication,” she added.

However, a large proportion of the seropositive results were from older, bought-in animals.

“We know that IBR occurs in herds through buying in animals; the more you move your animals, the more likely you are to have IBR.”

Touching on vaccination, she said: “If we don’t vaccinate our herd, we cannot control IBR. Vaccination works by stopping those animals reactivating the virus and the whole breeding herd must be vaccinated.

“However, vaccination will not completely prevent an infection coming into the farm.”

The programme manager also outlined that the information gathered from the pilot will be used to identify risk factors associated with the presence of infection, to identify common biosecurity risks and inform the decision on further testing and vaccination.

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