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Bovine TB: surveillance in wildlife in England

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

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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.

Published 21 March 2019
Last updated 5 April 2023 + show all updates
  1. 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'.

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

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

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

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

  6. Added the September 2019 TB surveillance update report.

  7. First published.