We have mentioned not a few times a 'management' strategy, based on badger's own behaviour as a possible answer to the TB probl...

We touched on the subject of the 'risk' from exposure to mycobacterium bovis , the causal agent of bovine tuberculosis, in our posti...

For the first time in 40 years, bTB has been found in continental mainland European badgers, according to a report in the Veterinary Record,...

Joining the media frenzy over a member Woodchester Park's staff who is said to have had a brush with badgerTB, is today's Times. Bu...

On Saturday morning, BBC's early morning Farming Today programme covered bTB; in particular they concentrated on the FCN (Farm Crisis Ne...

We covered the story of some very mobile alpacas from Devon and the trail of destruction caused by bTB, diligently uncovered by VLA spoligot...

In case anyone is under any illusion about just what 'tuberculosis' does to a lung when it takes hold, this is a photo of pulmonary ...

Staff working at MAFF's, Defra's , CSL's, FERA's Woodchester Park (otherwise known as Badger Heaven) in the Cotswolds, are...

... maybe. It was reported last week that Scotland was exploring the possibility of applying to the EU Commission for TB free status. Farmer...

When the word 'tuberculosis, is mentioned it is simplistic to suppose that infectivety is similar between species. In our posting below ...

We are grateful for sight of this week's Veterinary Record, where a report investigates an outbreak of disease which appears to be the ...

The Farm Crisis Network , a charity which supports farmers in times of stress ( for whatever reason) has produced a report on the effect a ...

As the long hot summer begins and MPs trot off with their buckets and spades for the longest recess on record, a raft of answers to Parliame...

Defra appear to be wearing two hats. On the one hand their badger Vaccine Deployment Project, as described to veterinary personnel, uses phr...

The Welsh Assembly has issued a document in which they describe a more comprehensive approach to TB. "Specific powers have already bee...

We are most grateful to Swiss veterinary practitioner Dr. Ueli Zellweger, who offers a thumbnail sketch of BCG, the vaccine with which Defra...

Having lost over 60 cattle in the last couple of years, a SW pedigree beef breeder told a top Defra civil servant yesterday that the non-pol...

The British Veterinary Association (BVA)has issued a press release which calls for "humane, targeted and managed culling in specific a...

Defra's 'Farming link' magazine arrived today and in it was a piece on their badger vaccination plans, but also an absolute gem ...

.. to TB problems within camelids is seen from the llama society, and we are pleased to post the following link to their site. The Britsh L...