Action Group on Johne's

Dairy UK and the UK Dairy Farmers Forum have convened the Action Group on Johne's to drive work on a national Johne's programme. Members are drawn from Dairy UK, DairyCo, NFU, RABDF, dairy companies, veterinary practices, VLA, milk testing laboratories and other industry experts. Click here for a full list.

The first meeting was held on Thursday, 28 January. Over two hours, the group outlined the issues faced and possible solutions, to be explored at the next meeting in March. Read the press release here

The Action Group emerged from a successful conference on the cattle disease held on 3 December in London (more details below ). Around 90 delegates attended from all parts of the UK dairy industry, including government, milk purchasers, farmers, vets and milk testers. 

The conference saw a broad consensus on the need for further action to manage and control Johne's, which Dairy UK is taking on along with its other industry partners. You can view a recent letter to delegates setting out the next steps here.

In the meantime, you can find links to speakers presentations and photographs below.

• Roger Evans, Chairman of Dairy UK’s Farmers’ Forum
  Introduction and the policy position of Dairy UK

• Dr Komorowski, Dairy UK Technical Director
  Report from the international Colloquium on Johne’s Disease
  

• Ian MacDougall, Business Development Manager Biobest Laboratories
  and Nuffield Scholar
  Global developments, control strategies and testing technologies

• Soren Nielsen, head of the Danish Johne’s Disease control programme
  Design and implementation of the Danish industry control programme

• Alasdair Cook, Veterinary Laboratories Agency
  Results of the Defra survey on the prevalence of Johne’s in the national herd

• George Gunn, Scottish Agricultural Colleges
  Activities in Scotland

• Keith Cutler, BCVA Council President
  Control options available to UK dairy farmers

• Hannah Pearse, NMR
  Tackling Johne’s Disease through milk testing 

• Peter Orpin, Director myhealthyherd
  Using risk analysis to predict and manage the risks of paraTB

• Dr Elizabeth Berry, DairyCo R&D Manager
  Johne's disease - a stakeholders perspective

 

 

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