Bovine Tuberculosis

(asked on 10th October 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has conducted trials in gassing of badger sets to control the spread of tuberculosis in cattle.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 17th October 2014

Research into alternative methods for dealing with the risk of M. bovis from badgers (e.g. sett-based culling methods and non-lethal methods) is underway. This includes investigations into the potential use of gas as a sett-based means of humane culling.

These tests for the potential use of carbon monoxide will not involve badgers.

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