We now have the DIVA test, which enables us to differentiate vaccinated and infected cattle, and we know from the Select Committee’s report that its efficacy rate is 65%. Our priority must be to stop the spread of infected cattle into low-risk areas, and the spreading of the disease. The Government are about to embark on a risky and untested cull which, as I have said, will be bad for farmers, bad for taxpayers and bad for wildlife.
Badger Cull
Proceeding contribution from
Mary Creagh
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 5 June 2013.
It occurred during Opposition day on Badger Cull.
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