Mae codi safonau iechyd a lles anifeiliaid yn allweddol i greu busnesau fferm proffidiol ac un o brif amcanion y Rhaglen Dileu TB yw rhwystro clefydau rhag lledaenu i ffermydd sydd heb TB.  Er bod y sefyllfa o ran y clefyd wedi gwella dros y pum mlynedd ddiwethaf, mae TB yn dal i fod yn dreth gymdeithasol ac economaidd ar ffermwyr, y diwydiant ffermio ehangach ac ar geidwaid anifeiliaid eraill fel teulu’r camel.  Roedd mwyafrif yr ymatebion o blaid y cynnig i newid y ddeddfwriaeth.
Raising standards of animal health and welfare is key to a profitable farm business and one of the primary aims of the TB Eradication Programme is to prevent the disease spreading to TB-free farms. Whilst there has been an improvement in the disease situation over the past five years, TB continues to provide significant socio-economic costs to farmers, the wider farming industry and to keepers of other animals such as camelids. The majority of the respondents agreed with the proposal to change the legislation.