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TB in cattle

The Government is committed to tackling bovine tuberculosis (bTB), working in partnership with our stakeholders. This website gives more information on what measures the Government is taking to combat bTB and what further work is being carried out to better understand the disease.

Latest news

2 December 2008

• The new Bovine TB eradication group for England met for the first time on 27 November. The page contains details of the group's membership and a highlight note from the first meeting.
• Table valuations for compensation payable during December 2008 in England, for bovine TB, brucellosis, Enzootic Bovine Leukosis and BSE are now available.

26 November 2008

• The final report of the Southwest England and Cotswolds survey (PDF 2.65 MB) of tuberculosis in deer and a related Quantitative Risk Assessment (PDF 1.1 MB) of the risk posed to cattle by wild deer have been published.
• Information bulletin: Wild deer and Bovine TB.

18 November 2008

• Provisional TB statistics for Great Britain are now available for August 2008.

3 November 2008

• The Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn, has today announced that Defra and the English Cattle Industry have agreed to form a new Bovine TB eradication group for England. This will be a joint Defra/Industry group.
• News release: New Bovine TB eradication group for England.

News archive..

Further information

• What is bovine TB?
  Key information on bTB and how it is spread.

• Bovine TB and badgers
  Information relating to badgers and bTB in cattle, the history of badger controls, badger protection legislation, and TB husbandry best practice advice.

• What testing and controls are in place?
  Information relating to TB testing and controls, legislation, compensation and the November 2004 enhancements to TB controls.

• Is there a risk to human health or other species?
  Find out whether bTB can affect humans or other species.

• What research is being done?
  Information relating to TB research and development, the Randomised Badger Culling Trial (RBCT) and Science Delivery Plan.

If you suspect signs of any notifiable disease, you must immediately notify your local Divisional Veterinary Manager.

Page last modified: December 3, 2008

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