Agri-Business
APHA to defer rollout of new 6-month TB testing regime
Plans to implement tighter, six-monthly TB tests in Shropshire and Staffordshire will be deferred until after the Covid-19 pandemic is...
Bovine TB
Agri-Business
Vets welcome ‘significant step' in the fight against bovine TB in England
A body representing 12,000 UK vets has welcomed plans by Defra to fight bovine TB in England. The British Veterinary...
Agri-Business
Government to trial bovine TB vaccinations on UK farms and 'phase out' badger culls
The UK Government has announced plans to vaccinate cows for bovine TB, improve testing, and phase out badger culling, as...
Agri-Business
Pedigree group to propose radical TB eradication trials in Northern Ireland
A group representing pedigree cattle breeders in Northern Ireland announced plans to commission a report proposing pioneering methods to control...
Agri-Business
Pedigree group to propose radical TB eradication trials in Northern Ireland
A group representing pedigree cattle breeders in Northern Ireland announced plans to commission a report proposing pioneering methods to control...
Agri-Business
Poots: Northern Ireland’s TB spend is a ‘bigger scandal than RHI’
Northern Ireland’s new agriculture minister has said the region’s spend on Bovine TB is a “bigger scandal” than the botched...
Agri-Business
Welsh TB cattle slaughterings hit all-time high
The latest data relating to bovine TB in Wales has revealed an “alarming and unsustainable” rise in the number of...
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...
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...
