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New badger jab scheme launched in TB fight

A simplified licence enabling English farmers and landowners to vaccinate badgers has been introduced to help in the fight against bovine tuberculosis, the Government has announced.

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
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New badger jab scheme launched in TB fight

A simplified licence enabling English farmers and landowners to vaccinate badgers has been introduced to help in the fight against bovine tuberculosis, the Government has announced. The hope is that...

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