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 ZeichnerThe 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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