Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
Commons · Question 32844 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
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
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 3 Mar 2025
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...