Compensation for Bovine TB,BSE,Brucellosis, and Enzootic Bovine Leukosis

Compensation payable during July 2006, in England, for a bovine animal compulsorily slaughtered for disease control purposes will be as detailed below.

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1. The above notice details the compensation payable for those animals slaughtered because they are either affected with bovine TB, BSE, Brucellosis or EBL or are suspected of having one of these diseases; or are the offspring or cohorts of confirmed BSE cases

2. Compensation for bovine animals slaughtered for Bovine TB, EBL and Brucellosis is calculated in England under the Cattle Compensation (England) Order 2006 and the Individual Ascertainment of Value Order 2005, which both came into force on 1 February 2006. For any bovine animal for which compensation has been calculated prior to 1 February 2006 under the provisions of the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Order 1984 or the Enzootic Bovine Leukosis Order 1980, that, calculation shall continue to apply. Compensation for bovine animals slaughtered for BSE is calculated in England under the TSE Regulations 2006.

3. The provisions of the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Compensation Order 1978 relating to tuberculosis shall also continue to apply to all animals identified as being affected or suspected through the use of a skin test or other relevant test before 1st February and also to those animals in relation to which a notice of intended slaughter has been served before the 1st February 2006

4. Where the Secretary of State considers that the sales data for any particular bovine category in any given month are inadequate, or such price data is unavailable, the compensation payable will either be at the level of the most recently ascertained value for the same category or he may opt to pay compensation at the level of the market value of the animal in question, as ascertained under the Individual Ascertainment of Value (England) Order 2005 or the TSE Regulations 2006. A statistical analysis of sales data collected during a twelve months period has helped Defra identify the level of variability in sales prices (for each category). This intelligence is used to determine when there is insufficient data to support a table valuation

5. Where an owner slaughters an animal voluntarily and privately (which must be agreed with the Department) no compensation will payable.

6. The values in the table of categories above have been derived from sales information obtained from store markets, prime markets, rearing calf sales, breeding sales and dispersal sales in Great Britain between 21 May 2006 to 20 June for non-pedigree animals, and between 21 December 2005 and 20 June for pedigree animals.

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