bTB Biosecurity Risk Assessment

• Document No.

• Audit Title

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

• Add location
  Address

Risk factors for increased risk of introduction/spread of bTB

• Is the herd size greater than 150

  Yes

  No

• Is the herd size greater than 300

  Yes

  No

• Are separate management groups used to reduce the risk of spread?

  No

  Yes

Type of herd

• Is this a dairy herd?

  Yes

  No

Animal risks

• Any purchase or other movement of cattle onto the farm?

  Yes

  No

• Have any replacements been sourced from any of<br>a) A High Risk Area (the Defra defined HRA or Edge Area)<br>b) A herd which has had a TB breakdown in the past 5 years and or CHeCS level 2<br>c) A herd with an unknown bTB history to you as the purchaser

  Yes

  No

• Are all purchased cattle pre movement tested before movement onto the farm?

  No

  Yes

• Are cattle isolated and post movement test before introduction to the resident herd?

  No

  Yes

• Are there other co-located species such as goats, deer, camelids which might also be at risk?<br>

  Yes

  No

• Are any non bovines farmed in separate epidemiological groups?

  No

  Yes

• Do you use a hire bull?

  Yes

  No

Management system

• Do you use common/shared grazing?

  Yes

  No

• Is the farm over 2 or more premises and/or multiple land parcels grazed by animals?

  Yes

  No

Feeding practices

• Do you use the following feedstuffs, shown to increase risk by the margins shown over not using them: a) Rough pasture (7% per 10ha) b) Grass Silage (50%)

  Yes

  No

• Is maize grown on farm or by close neighbours and/or maize silage fed to cattle?

  Yes

  No

• Are mineral licks, feed and water troughs raised and adapted to minimise wildlife access

  No

  Yes

• Are concentrates and/or TMR fed on the ground or in low level feeders?

  Yes

  No

• Are calves fed proprietary milk substitute or low risk pasteurised milk?

  No

  Yes

• Is waste milk, or pooled colostrum fed to calves without pasteurising?

  Yes

  No

Farm boundary maintenance and general biosecurity

• Is direct contact possible with neighbouring cattle across boundaries? Note that it may be possible to use strategic grazing to reduce this risk.

  Yes

  No

• Double fencing and gating is in place to prevent nose to nose - 3m exclusion?

  No

  Yes

General biosecurity

• Slurry or manure is spread on land used for grazing cattle?

  Yes

  No

• Is manure stored before spreading and then spread on arable land?

  No

  Yes

• Is it possible that effluent or run off from neighbours pasture may contaminate fields, or that slurry from other farms is spread on pasture intended for grazing

  Yes

  No

• Is shared equipment used without adequate cleansing and disinfection - including contractors and livestock transport?

  Yes

  No

• Are visitors and/or farm staff allowed onto the farm without adequate disinfection?

  Yes

  No

• Is there a provision of boot dips and protective clothing for visitors and farm staff?

  No

  Yes

• Do personnel undertake cleansing and disinfection of protective clothing/equipment between different management groups?

  No

  Yes

• With regards to biosecurity of feed - do any of the following apply: a) Feed trough areas accessible to badgers? b) Spilled feed around feed bins? c) Unprotected silage clamps?

  Yes

  No

• Can badgers gain access to the cattle buildings?<br>

  Yes

  No

• Can badgers access the feed stores?

  Yes

  No

• Do cattle come into contact with badgers, directly or indirectly, when at pasture

  Yes

  No

• Are there any measures in place to reduce contact with badgers at pasture? e.g fencing off setts and latrine areas

  No

  Yes

General herd health

• Is there a known presence of concurrent immunosuppressive disease, including but not limited to BVD, Johnes and Nutritional Deficiency?

  Yes

  No

• Is there a Veterinary agreed, active, herd health plan in operation including an up to date vaccination policy, which is adhered to based on the needs of the farm?

  No

  Yes

• Are the cattle, buildings and equipment maintained in a state of good cleanliness?

  No

  Yes

TB history and testing

• Has the herd experienced a breakdown in the last

  3 years

  4-10 years

  not in the last 10 years

• Is there evidence to support previous recrudescence or repeated incursion(s) of bTB?

  Yes

  No

• Are animals which have previously tested as IR (Inconclusive Reactors) present on the farm?

  Yes

  No

• Have any TB tests become overdue?

  Yes

  No

• If TB tests are split into part tests, is there a delay between each part?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are reactors and IR animals correctly isolated from the herd?

  No

  Yes

  N/A

Local area

• There is at least one herd under OTFW within 10km of the farm boundaries, including any remote grazing

  Yes

  No

• Is there a risk of cattle-cattle contact with neighbours who have a history of TB within the last 5 years

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do genotypes of M.bovis in previous reactors or slaughterhouse cases (SLH) match those of the local area?

  No

  Yes

  N/A

• Are there: a) Badger setts within 2km of the farm boundary? and/or b) Wild deer known to access the farm?

  Yes

  No

• Has there been previous evidence of diseased badgers on the farm?

  Yes

  No

  N/A