Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 32844

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) vaccinations and (b) culling practices in tackling the spread of tuberculosis.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The new Government has started work on a comprehensive new bovine TB strategy, to continue to drive down disease rates to save cattle and farmers’ livelihoods and to end the badger cull by the end of this parliament. The CattleBCG vaccine, when coupled wi...
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