Bovine TB

Defra said its new Bovine TB Partnership will be a driving force in helping to progress the Government’s aim of eradicating the disease by 2038. Olivia Midgley speaks to two farmers on the board. 

A domestic cat in Ireland contracted TB from a badger which had been vaccinated with the BCG vaccine.

The Prime Minister’s fianc and animal rights activist, Carrie Symonds, is said to wield significant power in Number 10. But should farmers be worried? Abi Kay reports.

An online appeal has been launched to financially help a dairy farming family who lost a fifth of their herd to Bovine TB (bTB).

The Prime Minister’s fiancé and animal rights activist, Carrie Symonds, is said to wield significant power in Number 10. But should farmers be worried? Abi Kay reports.

The NFU has hit out at a new Defra consultation on badger culling in England, branding it political and contradictory.

The NFU has hit out at a new Defra consultation on badger culling in England, branding it ‘political’ and ‘contradictory’.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has launched a new consultation on Government plans to phase out badger culls in England.

The need to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in Northern Ireland was referenced as a priority issue at this week’s UFU press conference By Richard Halleron

A Pembrokeshire dairy farmer who lost his entire herd to bovine TB said his horrific experience showed the Welsh Government’s disease policy was failing to get on top of the disease.