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Now the Government has introduced a BSE Testing System toreplace one of the controls that has banned cattle aged over 30 months from the food chain. This aims to ensure the continuinghigh level of protection of consumers in the UK.esearch shows that, by the most likely estimates, the risk from BSEtesting of older cattle, instead of banning them completely, willresult in less than one additional case of vCJD occurring in humansover the next 60 years. The worst-case scenario is that there couldbe 2.5 additional cases.
Calves four months old are much easier to feed and manage in a drought situation. (See Agnote DAI-15 Feeding calves in drought-June 1999) Calf age at weaning Calves are generally weaned between 8-10 months of age. The actual age depends on several factors: 1  Feed availability-cows can continue lactation without losing condition in good years, but early weaning should be considered in drier years. 2  Condition and age of Cow-cow condition is a key factor to joining success.