Bovine TB

A leaked Government document shows a badger cull could go ahead in Derbyshire this autumn.

With the recent announcement that trials for a vaccine for cattle against TB are to get underway, Hannah Noble caught up with UK Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Middlemiss.

For too long, farmers and vets have had very little opportunity to take control of eradicating TB. Now, we have a plan to change things, says James Russell, British Veterinary Association (BVA) junior vice president.

The BVA has called for farmers to benefit from increased compensation, longer testing intervals and greater opportunities to trade if they participate in a proposed TB earned recognition scheme.

Trials to vaccinate cattle against bovine TB are set to get underway in England and Wales.

After the NFU lost its legal battle over the Derbyshire cull decision, Hannah Binns asks where it leaves the Government’s 25-year bovine TB strategy.

Prime minister Boris Johnson intervened twice to stop the Derbyshire badger cull going ahead, court documents have revealed.

Industry leaders are outraged at the High Court’s decision to rule in favour of an 11th hour decision by the Government not to grant Derbyshire a badger cull licence, despite providing satisfactory evidence.

For too long, and for far too many farmers, bovine TB (bTB) has ravaged the UK cattle industry and is the disease, far more than Covid-19, which strikes at the heart of rural communities across the UK.

Four farmers tragically took their own lives following the Government’s 11th hour decision to pull the plug on the badger cull in Derbyshire, Farmers Guardian has learned.