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TB in cattle
What is bovine TB?

TB Strategic Framework for GB

Pre-movement testing

Bovine TB and badgers

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Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is one of the most difficult animal health problems currently facing the farming industry in Great Britain. The Government is committed to tackling the disease, 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.

What is bovine TB (bTB)?
Photo of a cow

What is the Government doing to control bovine TB?
The Government strategic framework
 In December 2005 the Government announced new measures to tackle the spread of bTB in England, including the pre-movement testing of cattle, changes to compensation procedures and a consultation on the culling of badgers for control of bTB. Further action to improve the testing of cattle for bovine TB was announced on 10 August 2006, including wider use of the gamma interferon blood test. The new measures build on the Government's TB Strategic Framework, published in March 2005, which aims to bring about a sustainable improvement in control of bTB in Great Britain over the next 10 years. The framework sets out a vision for the future, along with 12 strategic goals, new commitments and principles that will be applied to achieve these.

What testing and controls are in place?
Photo of a tuberculin skin test being taken

 

Bovine TB and badgers
Photo of a badger

Is there a risk to human health or other species?
Photo of a deer

What research is being done?
Scientists in a laboratory

Where can I get more information about bovine TB issues?

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Latest news

23 October 2006 - Defra has introduced a new policy to extend the use of the gamma interferon blood test in England and Wales. The test will be used more widely, alongside the current skin test, to improve the sensitivity of the TB testing regime and identify more infected animals more quickly. A news release has been issued.

10 October 2006 - Results of a Defra-funded research project looking into the on-farm interaction of badgers and cattle in TB hotspots across the South-West have been published.

9 October 2006 - Provisional TB statistics for Great Britain are now available for August 2006.

6 October 2006 - Members of the TB Advisory Group, chaired by Peter Jinman, have been appointed. An information bulletin has been issued.

29 September 2006 - Table valuations for compensation payable during October 2006, in England, for bovine TB, brucellosis, Enzootic Bovine Leukosis and BSE are now available.

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