Animal Health
Badger cull delay could spark assessment of RBCT trials
The decision to delay the badger cull in England should be used to undertake a full and proper assessment of the impacts of the Randomised Badger…
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NFU writes to Defra to urge 2013 badger cull
The National Farmers Union (NFU) have written to Environment Secretary Owen Paterson to request that the pilot badger culls in West Somerset and West…
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RSPCA expresses delight as badger cull halted
The government has announced today that plans for a badger cull in Somerset and Gloucestershire, which had been due to start any day, have been put…
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Animal Health
Defra announce new TB measures
Defra has today announced changes to the rules around the movement of cattle to help prevent the spread of bovine TB. The changes will start on…
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Swine influenza affecting large number of herds
The incidence of swine influenza in pig herds in the UK and Ireland could be higher than expected if the results of a recent survey are replicated…
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RSPCA accused of bullying after badger cull threats
The NFU has accused the RSPCA of hypocrisy after farmers were warned they could lose their valued Freedom Foods status if they supported or allowed…
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75,000 Welsh cattle slaughtered due to TB in last 10 years
Over 75,000 cattle were slaughtered in Wales in the last decade (2002-2011) as a result of bovine TB, equivalent to more than the total number of…
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TB vaccine 'remains years away' say farming groups
A cattle vaccine to help control bovine TB in the future 'remains many years away' according to farming groups. Unions such as the NFU have admitted…
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FUW urges farmers to use rodenticides correctly
Farmers’ Union of Wales’ land use and parliamentary committee chairman Gavin Williams today urged farmers to consider their on-farm rat control…
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Farming groups 'stand firm' behind TB badger cull
Farming groups have said they will 'stand firm' behind the government's TB eradication policy, which will include pilot badger culls. Critics say the…
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