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MPs ask: 'Will the badger cull continue?'

MPs ask: ‘Will the badger cull continue?’

In 2014, the cull licence set out that a minimum of 615 badgers should be removed from the population, but...

Wildlife Editor

Share your views on the revised Practice Standards Scheme

      Critics of the Practice Standards Scheme (PSS), which launched in 2005, have said it is not focused...

UK TB eradication plan approved

UK TB eradication plan approved

This is the sixth year running that the European Commission has approved the programme. Plan includes approach being taken forward...

PEDv contingency plan ready

PEDv contingency plan ready

PEDv reached the borders of Europe late in 2014 and British vets are concerned that the virus could easily spread...

TB testing legal challenge withdrawn

Xperior says it is concerned that farmers will have a reduced quality of service. Xperior Farm Health drops challenge due...

Horses and ponies needed for EGS trial

Horses and ponies needed for EGS trial

As vaccinations prevent similar equine diseases including tetanus and botulism, it is hoped a vaccine may also be able to...

Equine Editor