Number of badgers vaccinated has quadrupled since 2019
The number of badgers captured for vaccination against TB has increased from 1,937 in 2019 to 7,244 in 2022.
The number of badgers captured for vaccination against TB has increased from 1,937 in 2019 to 7,244 in 2022.
Mycobacterium bovis, the cause of bovine TB, was first detected in badgers in Ireland in 1974. In the 1980s, the east Offaly project provided evidence of the role of badgers in the epidemiology of TB.
