Research and analysis

Bovine TB: surveillance in wildlife in England

Results from tuberculosis (TB) surveillance of badgers and other wildlife across all areas of England.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Published: 21 March 2019
• Last updated: 16 October 2024
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  1. 16 October 2024

     Added the September 2024: Update on TB surveillance report.

  2. 5 April 2023

     Reports on results from the Low Risk Area have been moved to a new page: 'Bovine TB: hotspots in the Low Risk Area of England'.

  3. 30 March 2022

     Added the latest update on wildlife TB surveillance conducted in confirmed and potential hotspots in the Low Risk Area of England.

  4. 22 April 2021

     Added March 2021 update on TB surveillance in wildlife – Low Risk Area hotspots.

  5. 7 September 2020

     Added the TB surveillance in wildlife – Low Risk Area hotspots report.

  6. 27 March 2020

     Added TB surveillance in badgers during year 2 badger control operations in eastern Cumbria, Low Risk Area.

  7. 12 September 2019

     Added the September 2019 TB surveillance update report.

  8. 21 March 2019

     First published.

Documents

September 2024: Update on TB surveillance in two badger control areas

HTML

September 2019: Update on TB surveillance in wildlife in England during 2018

PDF, 590 KB, 6 pages

TB surveillance in wildlife in England: 2016 to 2017

PDF, 174 KB, 5 pages

Details

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) carries out occasional monitoring of TB in badgers and other wildlife across all areas of England. The reports on this page cover results from surveillance across:

• the High Risk Area
• the Edge Area
• the Low Risk Area

APHA also publishes reports specific to hotspots in the Low Risk Area of England.