The Biosecurity Targeted Advisory Service for Animal Health (TASAH) provides for a farm visit and veterinary consultation, free of charge for the farmer, to deliver advise on biosecurity measures and recommendations to control Bovine Viral Diarrhoea, Johne’s Disease, Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis, evaluate Biosecurity in dairy farms using Bioscore Dairy, Cellcheck consults for dairy herds, TB biosecurity, biosecurity in pigs and poultry sector including Salmonella control in pig holdings and Parasite Control Strategy for sheep, dairy, beef, suckler and equine farms.
Due to a very strong response, please note that farmer registrations are currently paused as we review applications, updates will be communicated as soon as possible.
Direct farmer sign-up
Parasite control
A funded veterinary advisory consult for parasite management review and planning, available to all cattle, sheep and equine farms. Click Here for further information.
Register for a Cattle/Sheep Parasite Control TASAH here
Register for an Equine Parasite Control TASAH here
Mastitis control (CellCheck Cell Count Solutions)
A TASAH-funded consult, delivered by a trained veterinary practitioner is available to any farmer that would like to improve their mastitis and SCC control. Click here for further information.
Register for a Cell Count Solutions TASAH here.
Mastitis control (Dry Cow Consult)
As part of the Targeted Advisory Service on Animal Health (TASAH), a Dry Cow Consult, between trained veterinary practitioners (see map below) and their clients, is available for 2026.
Register for a CellCheck Dry Cow Consult TASAH here
Biosecurity (Bioscore for dairy farmers)
A funded veterinary advisory consult is available to all dairy farmers who would like to improve measures on their farm to control and prevent the spread of disease. Click here for more information.
Register for a Bioscore Dairy TASAH here
About the Targeted Advisory Service on Animal Health (TASAH)
Trained veterinary practitioners will be funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) to deliver a Targeted Advisory Service on Animal Health (TASAH).
Under the Service, veterinary practitioners are funded for up to three hours of advice per visit. Veterinary practitioners will need to have done TASAH training, delivered by Animal Health Ireland, for the specific TASAH service. Speak with your local veterinary practitioner on which TASAH services they are able to offer you.
Veterinary-led sign-up
Further TASAH-funded services are available through your local vet for the following programmes, including advice on disease prevention, control and animal welfare in the pig and poultry sectors.
- Cattle
National Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) Eradication Programme
CellCheck Programme (Dry Cow Consult)
Irish Johne’s Control Programme (IJCP)
- Pigs
- Poultry