Agri-Business
UK study finds TB 10 times more likely to transmit from badgers to cows than in reverse
Tuberculosis in cattle and badgers passes between members of the same species at least twice as often than between cow...
Bovine TB
Agri-Business
UK study claims badger cull survivors roam over greater areas
Culling can drive badgers to roam 61% further afield, potentially increasing risk of transmission, according to a study by the...
Agri-Business
11 new badger cull licences granted in England
Natural England has announced approval for 11 new badger cull licences in its latest review of badger culling in England....
Agri-Business
Third of Welsh cows culled due to TB hail from Pembrokeshire
Closer analysis of Government statistics reveal the staggering toll of bovine TB on Pembrokeshire farmers. As local farmers gather for...
Agri-Business
TB event to encourage on-farm efforts against TB
A conference focusing on devastating cattle disease TB hopes to teach farmers more about what can be done to reduce its...
Agri-Business
'True’ partnership approach needed to tackle bovine TB in Wales
A ‘true’ partnership approach to tackling bovine TB in Wales must see the Welsh Government do more to work with...
Agri-Business
Cattle culled due to TB rises 12% as Wales ramps up eradication efforts
Wales has made progress on its TB eradication programme, but the momentum must be kept up if the country is...
Agri-Business
Cumbria TB study finds link between strains found in badgers and cattle
All 40 badgers which tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB) as part of Government surveillance in eastern Cumbria have tested positive...
Agri-Business
Researchers to use supercomputers to predict the TB status of dairy cows
It is used regularly by global tech giants such as Google and Facebook, but now “deep learning” is set to...
Agri-Business
Union urges Welsh Government to act on English bovine TB evidence
Following the publication of a bovine TB eradication strategy update from Defra on Tuesday (December 18), NFU Cymru is urging the Welsh...
Agri-Business
Owner of TB affected herd ordered to pay over £34,000 for illegal movements
A Staffordshire livestock owner who illegally moved cattle while his holding was under bovine TB restrictions has been ordered to...
Agri-Business
Less frequent TB testing to incentivise strengthened biosecurity
Farmers who have managed to stay clear of bovine TB for at least six years will be able to revert...
Agri-Business
Survey reveals bovine TB in a fifth of roadkill badgers in Cheshire
The first study to test for bovine tuberculosis in badgers on the edge of the cattle TB epidemic in England,...
Agri-Business
New badger research sheds light on why controlling TB has been so difficult
Unexpected variation in badger behaviour found by scientists may cause a rethink on impacts of bovine TB interventions. New research...
Agri-Business
TB: Compulsory insurance and an end to compensation on the cards
A review of the Government’s 25-year bovine TB strategy includes recommendations to scrap compensation and give farmers more information when buying...
Government
Measures to fight TB unveiled as new data shows badger cull halves disease
Reductions in new outbreaks of bovine TB have been recorded in Gloucestershire and Somerset following the completion of licensed four-year...
Beef
TB: 10% more new herd infections in Wales than in 2017
As South Wales farmers gather for the annual Pembrokeshire County Show, the continued frustration of the impact of Bovine TB...
Rural Life
BVA raises welfare concerns for badgers trapped in cages during heatwave
A professional body representing 17,000 British vets has voiced concerns for the welfare of badgers who may be trapped in cages...
