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Bovine TB

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Pre-Movement Testing

Cattle are required to be pre-movement tested before they can be moved from a farm.

Cattle TB Vaccination Workshop Report

This is the report of the cattle TB vaccination workshop.

Oral Statement - Update on the Bovine TB Programme

John Griffiths, Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development

Intensive Action Area Badger Vaccination Report - Year 1

A report of the first year of the Badger Vaccination Project in the IAA was published in January 2013.

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Cow and calf

In this section, you will find information about Bovine TB and the TB Eradication Programme for Wales.

Bovine TB is an infectious disease that affects the health and welfare of cattle in Wales and other parts of the UK. It threatens the dairy and beef industry in Wales.

Bovine TB has a significant impact on agricultural production. This can have an effect on our food supplies and our rural communities.

The cost to the taxpayer in compensation to cattle keepers has increased dramatically over the past ten years and since 2000 over £100 million has been spent on compensation alone.

Cattle and badgers are the main sources of bovine TB in the UK but it can be transmitted to other mammals, including humans.

Update 28 November 2012: Badger vaccination total tops 1400.   

Environment Minister, John Griffiths has announced that the Welsh Government has now vaccinated over 1400 badgers in the Intensive Action Area.

The Minister confirmed that the Welsh Government had now completed the first year of its badger vaccination programme which is part of a wider programme of work to eradicate bovine TB from cattle in Wales.

A short video of the badger vaccination process can be viewed on the Welsh Government YouTube channel. For a DVD copy please contact: TB Team, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ or e-mail bovinetb.comms@wales.gsi.gov.uk

If you cannot find an answer to your question on this site, please contact us on: bovinetb.comms@wales.gsi.gov.uk