Wales Suspends bTB Vaccinations

December 4, 2015 12:00 am

The Welsh Government has had to suspend its badger vaccination programme due to a worldwide shortage of the vaccine.  The badger vaccine is the same formula as the human vaccine and there is currently a global backlog in the production of the human vaccine which obviously takes priority.  SSI the only company authorised to produce the badger vaccine has said it will not be producing badger BCG until further notice.  One badger vaccine equates to 10 human adult doses and 20 human infant doses.


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