Guidance and regulation

The tests you must arrange for bovine TB, what happens if your cattle test positive, when cattle must be slaughtered, and compensation.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 14 February 2024

Guidance for cattle keepers on the bovine TB surveillance testing intervals for areas in England, Wales and Scotland.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Updated: 1 February 2024

How to spot bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 6 October 2021

How to meet statutory bovine TB testing requirements when moving cattle in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland), and across their borders.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 1 February 2024

What pet owners need to do if their animal has suspected or confirmed bovine TB.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 20 October 2022

How to manage tuberculosis (TB) in your non-bovine animals, when you can move them, and how to get compensation if you slaughter them.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 13 February 2023

Guidance for cattle keepers in Scotland and Wales on why cattle are tested for bovine TB, how the tests are done and how to prepare for the tests.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Updated: 14 February 2024

How to apply for approval to operate a bovine TB isolation unit for cattle in England and Wales, and the conditions to follow.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Updated: 30 December 2022

Register for licences to cage-trap and mark badgers (Meles meles) for vaccinating them against bovine tuberculosis (TB) to help prevent the spread of disease.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 27 April 2023

Guidance for cattle keepers in Scotland and Wales on what happens if TB is identified or suspected in their herd.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Updated: 14 February 2024

Guidance on managing the public health consequences of TB in cattle and other animals.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 29 September 2014

Guidance for farmers and others who work with livestock on reducing the risk of human M. bovis infection.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 21 December 2015

How to get trained to set cage traps for, vaccinate and mark badgers.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 2 others
• Updated: 25 July 2022

General licence for the movement of resolved inconclusive reactors from officially TB free cattle herds in England directly or indirectly to slaughter.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 1 October 2021

What you can do to help reduce the risk of bovine tuberculosis (TB) infection in your herd.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Updated: 19 July 2023

Guidance for licensed operators to carry out controlled shooting of badgers in the field.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 30 August 2022

Apply for a licence to take and mark badgers to enable vaccination to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) in cattle.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 21 June 2022

Sets out details of our new web-based interactive map showing registered locations of TB breakdowns.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 30 June 2015

Guidance for owners of domestic goats in England and Scotland on tuberculosis (TB), how and why TB is tested for, and what happens if it's detected in goats.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Updated: 10 October 2023

How to apply for approval to hold a dedicated sale for TB restricted cattle in England, and the procedures to follow when a market is held.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Updated: 5 October 2023