From looking at today's headlines, one would assume that Boris Johnson's latest bed mate had influenced his direction on badger cull...

The farming and veterinary press are singing from the same hymn sheet this week, as The Vet Record (above) 25/01, the Farmers Guardian - [...

As we wade into a wet 2020, and 15 long years since this blog was started, the results of the farmer led culls of endemically infected badge...

Another year, and one of the very worst on record for cattle slaughterings. Just what on earth do Defra think they are achieving? Our gr...

Published this week, a study on the movement patterns - [link] of badgers, conducted over seven years in Ireland.  Entitled ' Disp...

We are used now to the stream of 'fake news' coming from the UK's self pronounced premier broadcaster. And today is no exception...

The situation of zoonotic Tuberculosis in Wales, is not only a national disgrace, it was totally avoidable.   (Apologies - blogger d...

We have spoken of the effects of zoonotic Tuberculosis (zTB) in depth on this blog, but rarely have we touched on the little 'extras - l...

We told you the background of a very expensive New Zealand alpaca, imported in 2017 in this posting - [link] After twice testing clear of ...

I don't know about you (our readers) but your editors are seething after reading the headline of Farmers Guardian - [link] this week. ...

It is now 15 years since those 500 Parliamentary Questions lobbed at the then Secretary of State for DEFRA were collated and their answers p...

Not the fairy tale girlie, with three bears, Goldilocks is also the description of the principle of getting the outcome of a scientific ...

Approaching the 6th year of badger culling in the two pilot areas of Somerset and Glos., and with over 40 per cent of the High Risk Area sig...

It's been a difficult year for many of us. The weather has played a few nasty tricks, and left its mark on fodder stocks and straw price...

Several press releases this week, combined with a flurry of pro zoonotic tuberculosis splutterings from a hitherto unknown to us group k...