英国:政府正式采纳英格兰2038年根除牛结核战略 2026年为十多年来首次无獾扑杀之年

英国政府11月5日正式采纳一项长期战略,目标是到2038年把牛结核病从英格兰彻底根除。英国政府表示,英格兰新失去无疫状态的牛群数较此前12个月下降了五分之一,且2026年是十多年来首次没有为控制该病而扑杀獾的一年。
该战略于今年6月首次公布,现由政府正式推行,措施包括研发牛用与獾用疫苗、强制血液检测、更严密的野生动物监测与更多检测选择。生物安全大臣 Baroness Hayman 说,牛结核病给农牧社区带来了损失、不确定性与经济困难,新战略将确保扑杀獾的做法不再恢复,同时防止疾病传播。
具体工作包括:继续研发可部署的牛疫苗及配套的 DIVA 皮试,目标2030年部署牛疫苗接种;扩大政府资助的强制血液检测并试点私人付费检测;通过新签约的獾疫苗接种实地队伍在优先地区推广獾疫苗;以及设立政府资助的死亡獾收集检测计划。政府还将设立一个新的行业与政府联合委员会,取代现有的英格兰牛结核伙伴关系,预计2027年成立,负责监督战略落实。截至2026年6月底,英格兰因结核疫情受限的牛群占比为3.4%,低于2025年6月底的4.2%。
(来源:英国环境、食品与农村事务部)
UK: Government Formally Adopts Strategy to Eradicate Bovine TB in England by 2038 as 2026 Marks First Year in Over a Decade With No Badger Cull
The UK Government on November 5 formally adopted a long-term strategy aimed at eradicating bovine TB from England altogether by 2038. The government said the number of new TB herd breakdowns in England is down by a fifth compared with the previous 12 months, and that 2026 is the first year in more than a decade in which no badgers were culled as part of efforts to control the disease.
The multi-faceted strategy, originally published in June and now formally taken forward by the government, includes the development of vaccines for cattle and badgers, mandatory blood tests, more robust wildlife surveillance and more test choice. Biosecurity Minister Baroness Hayman said bovine TB has devastated farming communities, causing losses, uncertainty and financial hardship, and that the strategy will ensure the end of badger culling continues while preventing the spread of the disease.
Work already under way includes developing a deployable cattle vaccine alongside a new DIVA skin test, with an ambition to deploy cattle vaccination by 2030; expanding government-funded mandatory blood testing and piloting privately funded testing; rolling out badger vaccination in priority areas through a newly contracted field force; and a new scheme to collect and test found-dead badgers. The government will also establish a new industry-government board to replace the Bovine TB Partnership for England, expected in 2027, to oversee delivery of the strategy. The percentage of herds under restriction due to a TB incident at the end of June 2026 was 3.4 percent in England, down from 4.2 percent at the end of June 2025.
来源:英国环境、食品与农村事务部
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图片来源:照片:英格兰牧场上的牛群(资料图),Russel Wills 摄,Geograph/Wikimedia Commons,CC BY-SA 2.0 授权 / Photo: Cattle in a pasture in England (file photo), by Russel Wills, Geograph / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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