Bovine TB in non-bovine farmed animals: call for views

Overview

 In April 2014 the Government published ‘The Strategy for Achieving Officially Bovine Tuberculosis-Free status for England’[1]. This includes deploying a package of interventions, informed by scientific and veterinary advice, to address all likely routes of transmission of Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), the bacterium responsible for bovine tuberculosis.

This call for views is the starting point for considering what more should be done to address TB in non-bovine animals.

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 [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-strategy-for-achieving-officially-bovine-tuberculosis-free-status-for-england

Why your views matter

The purpose of this 'call for views' is to gather evidence to inform future decisions that will:

• Ensure that proportionate measures are in place to address the risk posed by TB in non-bovine species.
• Improve how we monitor TB in non-bovine farmed animals.
• Introduce stricter measures for non-bovines when TB is suspected, such as movement restrictions.

What happens next

We will carefully consider the responses that we receive. A Government response will be published within 12 weeks of the closing date of the call for views.