Collection

Bovine TB statistics

Statistics about tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in Great Britain.

This series includes the accredited official statistic publications on tuberculosis (TB) in cattle (bovine TB) in each of the three countries in Great Britain: England, Scotland, Wales. The statistics are reported at the county level for all countries, at the TB risk area level for England, and at the TB area level for Wales. It is important to note that TB control is a devolved policy, and as such control policies differ across the three countries as outlined in the releases and supplementary material. The interactive dashboard here is another way of viewing the statistics by county and risk area.

Our Bovine TB in cattle in Great Britain user feedback survey ran in June and July 2020. We have published our response to the comments received.

Additional statistics relating to bovine TB are available from the National Archive.

For further information you can contact:
[email protected]
X: @DefraStats

Latest statistics

Guidance

Research and Analysis

Incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in Great Britain statistics - previous editions

Movement testing for tuberculosis (TB) in Cattle in Great Britain statistics - previous editions

TB in Non-Bovine Species and badgers vaccinated statistics - previous editions

Updates to this page

Published 17 October 2013
Last updated 18 October 2024 + show all updates
  1. Language updated in landing page to make clear that the stats presented in this collection are the country and county level.

  2. Added 2024 historic page.

  3. Delete duplication of 2022 quarterly data in 'previous editions' collection group.

  4. Added 2023 historic collection.

  5. Moved the link to 'Statistics on Badgers vaccinated against bovine tuberculosis (TB)' to the 'TB in Non-Bovine Species and badgers vaccinated statistics - previous editions' folder.

  6. Added a historical page for 2022.

  7. Added link to Historical statistics 2021 page.

  8. Removed link to latest monthly statistics. Please see 'Historical statistics notices on the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in Great Britain, 2020 - monthly.' for all previous monthly editions. Monthly releases ceased in November 2020 (August 2020 statistics) as an outcome of the user consultation process.

  9. Updated details on the landing page to announce the user survey responses have been published. Added link to the survey response document page.

  10. Added link to historical statistics 2020-quarterly statistics web page.

  11. Corrected broken link to feedback survey on landing page.

  12. Added feedback survey guidance document.

  13. Updated Key historical changes and Data and methodology page links.

  14. Added link to historical statistical notices for 2020 page.

  15. Added link to historical notices 2019.

  16. Add link to 2019 historical Bovine TB statistics page.

  17. Added link to new Statistics on Badgers vaccinated against TB page.

  18. Added new links to Historical statistics notices on the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in Great Britain, 2018 - quarterly page, and Last statistical dataset prior to the change to the edge boundaries in January 2018 page.

  19. Added link to 'Historical statistics on TB in Non-Bovine Species'.

  20. Added link to the historical statistic notices page.

  21. Added link to historical statistics page, data for 2018.

  22. Revised the structure of the collection to separate bovine TB statistics from non-bovine statistics, and added a new link to the Latest official statistics on pre-movement and post-movement testing for tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in Great Britain – quarterly page.

  23. Updated to include links to monthly statistical notice and dataset pages.

  24. Added link to Historical statistics notices on the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in Great Britain, 2017 page.

  25. Updated to include link to historic data 2016 page.

  26. New groups added.

  27. Added historic section for 2015.

  28. Consultation on changes to statistics on TB in cattle added.

  29. Updated with Bovine TB surveillance reports.

  30. Updated to include historic series for 2014.

  31. Added a new publication that gives the historic statistics notices on the incidence of tuberculosis in cattle for 2013

  32. First published.