Bovine TB Blog

June 2011 - Posts

• Wales cuts the tow rope

  For some time now we have assumed that England's proposed badger culls would piggy back the Judicial Review piloted by the Welsh Assembly Government(WAG). Particularly as the revised operating procedures for Wales included free shooting and ring vaccination... Posted Jun 23 2011, 03:06 PM by Bovine TB Select Tags... SaveCancel [Edit Tags]

• 'Boxster' clear on first skin test

  Champion bull Hallmark Boxster, owned by the Jackson family in Yorkshire and condemned on gammaIFN earlier this year, then reprieved by a High Court judge, has passed his first skin test, the Yorkshire Post reports today. A further blood sample was taken... Posted Jun 12 2011, 12:08 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• "My commitment is undiminished"

  .. so said Defra Minister Jim Paice today in parliament. That is his commitment to dealing with bTB which he described at the end of the debate, thus: Finally, I come to the issue of tuberculosis. I am grateful for the words of my hon. and learned Friend... Posted Jun 07 2011, 12:48 PM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]