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Monitoring programme for TSEs annual report 2024 and 2025

Annual report on the monitoring programme for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) 2024 and 2025

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 2 June 2026

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Annual report to Parliament on the monitoring programme for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) – 2024 and 2025

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Annual report to Parliament on the monitoring programme for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) – 2024 and 2025

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This report sets out the findings from our surveillance programme on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in livestock, specifically:

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)
• scrapie
• chronic wasting disease

The programme allows us to monitor:

• levels of TSEs over time using active and passive surveillance
• the continued effectiveness of our controls

Published 2 June 2026