Animal diseases
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on animal health and diseases. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs. Additional material on animal experiments is available.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 04.06.2013 | Badger Culling |
| This note summarises the proposals for allowing farmers in England to cull badgers and the Governments decison to go ahead with a cull, starting with two pilot areas in West Gloucestershire and West Somerset. The cull was postponed until 2012, but licences were for it to go ahead from 1st June 2013 | |
| 24.10.2012 | Badger Culling: Policy to 2008 |
| This note covers the badger culling trials carried out by the previous Government and policy to 2008. | |
| 23.10.2012 | TB Vaccination of Badgers |
| This note outlines policy in England and Wales on TB vaccination of badgers | |
| 22.10.2012 | Bovine TB Statistics: Great Britain |
| This note sets out the principal statistics measuring the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain. It presents data on the number of incidents of bovine TB among herds and animals in the five administrative regions for animal health in Great Britain. | |
| 22.06.2012 | Sheep |
| this note covers issues of importance to sheep farming, including welfare, electronic tagging and diseases |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 08.11.2001 | Animal Health Bill (Bill 39 of 2001-02) |
| Animal Health Bill (Bill 39 of 2001/02). House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/89. | |
| 20.07.2001 | Farming After Foot and Mouth |
| Farming after Foot and Mouth. House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/67. | |
| 27.03.2001 | Foot and Mouth Disease |
| Foot and Mouth Disease. House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/35. | |
| 06.03.2001 | Agriculture in crisis? |
| Agriculture in crisis?. House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/19. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 17.06.2009 | The health of livestock and honeybees in England. |
| Public Accounts Committee report [Commons] | |
| 31.03.2009 | Regulatory Reform Committee. |
| Regulatory Reform Select Committee report [Commons] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 17.01.2012 | PESTICIDE USE AND POLLINATOR POPULATIONS |
| That this House notes the publication of the scientific paper Multiple routes of pesticide exposure for honey bees living near agricultural fields, reporting the recent findings of ... | |
| 10.10.2011 | GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE VETERINARY NURSING PROFESSION |
| That this House notes that the title veterinary nurse is not protected, despite all veterinary nurses who are listed with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) having undertaken ... | |
| 11.08.2011 | WORLD VETERINARY YEAR 2011 |
| That this House notes that 2011 is World Veterinary Year, marking the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the world's first veterinary school; recognises the key role of veterinarians ... | |
| 31.03.2011 | NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDES AND POLLINATING INSECTS |
| That this House welcomes the decision of Professor Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to initiatea review of all the ... | |
| 14.03.2011 | BADGER CULLS |
| That this House notes the encouraging downward trend in bovine TB incidence in England and Wales; urges the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairsnot to put these ... |
POST Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 12.04.2013 | Livestock Vaccines |
| This POSTnote examines the use of vaccines and outlines the pros and cons of using vaccination in livestock. | |
| 12.10.2011 | Improving livestock |
| This note describes current technologies used in livestock breeding, research into future technologies and how the improvement of livestock can contribute towards future food security. | |
| 12.10.2011 | Livestock disease |
| This POSTnote examines disease threats to UK livestock, outlines prevention and control measures, and looks at factors likely to contribute to future disease. | |
| 01.02.2009 | Wild deer, February 2009 |
| This POSTnote examines the current status of wild deer in the UK, their ecological, economic and social impacts and legislation on their management. | |
| 01.04.2008 | Wildlife diseases, April 2008 |
| Wildlife diseases, April 2008. POSTnote 08/307. | |
| 01.05.1999 | Hormones in Beef, May 1999 |
| Growth promoting hormones have been at the centre of a long running trade dispute between the EU and US. |
