Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 112970

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

Tabled: 11 February 2026

Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Adrian Ramsay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms she has put in place to (a) monitor cases of Bovine TB in hunting hounds and (b) adherence to (i) meat hygiene rules and (ii) Bovine TB controls in relation to the safe

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Tuberculosis (TB) in dogs caused by the bovine TB bacterium (M. bovis) is extremely rare. Dogs are spill over hosts and are not considered a significant source of infection for cattle, other dogs, or wildlife. There is no evidence that hunting activities ...

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