Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination kit including two-part vaccine components, syringes and hard-case for use in the field. Showing label on vial. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, Se...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination notes. Details are kept of all traps that have been tripped, and basic health checks are noted of all badgers vaccinated. Cheshire / Shropshire bor...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccine being administered by Shropshire Wildlife Trust in autumn 2012, with BBC film crew observing. The badger is then sprayed with a stock-marker paint mark...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccine being taken into syringe for field vaccination. The vaccine is prepared in two parts prior to administration. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, Septemb...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccinator preparing syringe for vaccination in the rain at rear of vehicle. Protective clothing is worn to protect both badger and vaccinator. Cheshire / Shro...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccinator preparing syringe for vaccination in the rain. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, September 2012.

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination kit including two-part vaccine components, syringes and hard-case for use in the field. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, September 2012.

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Vaccines must be kept at optimal temperature to avoid spoiling. In this case, a portable fridge is connected to a Land Rover in the fie...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. After vaccine administration and a red stock-mark (upper back, just visible) the badger is released. If captured again on the second da...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccines ready for adminstration. All vaccines are strictly controlled by veterinary suppliers and only the exact number needed issued during each vaccination...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination team from Cheshire Wildlife Trust and Shropshire Wildlife Trust. Details are kept of all traps that have been tripped, and basic health checks are...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination team from Cheshire Wildlife Trust and Shropshire Wildlife Trust, UK. Overnight traps are checked and captured badgers must be processed and vaccina...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Peanuts are used to attract badgers into open live traps for approx. one week prior to vaccination to allow them to become aclimatised...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Peanuts are used to attract badgers into open live traps for approx. one week prior to vaccination to allow them to become aclimatised...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Staff from Cheshire Wildlife Trust, UK, prepare live traps for vaccination. In autumn 2012, wet weather meant many traps had to be take...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Staff from Cheshire Wildlife Trust, UK, prepare live traps for vaccination, including bedding in with vegetation along natural badger '...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Staff from Cheshire Wildlife Trust, UK, prepare live traps for vaccination. Traps are carefully set into natural badger 'runs' along he...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Staff from Cheshire Wildlife Trust, UK, prepare live traps for vaccination. Traps are carefully set into natural badger 'runs' along he...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination deployment. Staff from Cheshire Wildlife Trust, UK, prepare live traps for vaccination. Notes on the cage inform anyone coming across the trap of t...

Tom Marshall / Peanuts are used to attract badgers (Meles meles) into open live traps for approx. one week prior to vaccination with bovine tuberculosis vaccination. to allow them to become aclimatised to trapping e...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) being vaccinated with Bovine tuberculosis vaccine by Cheshire Wildlife Trust & Shropshire Wildlife Trust staff. Badgers are first 'live-trapped' overnight then vaccinated, marked...

Neil Aldridge / A Defra Field Worker records the removal of vaccine for use on European Badgers (Meles meles) as part of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011.

Neil Aldridge / European Badger (Meles meles) is released from a cage trap following its successful vaccination against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) during vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011. Part of wi...

Neil Aldridge / European Badger (Meles meles) is released from a cage trap following its successful vaccination against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) during vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011

Neil Aldridge / To aid identification of vaccinated animals, a Defra Field Worker clips the hair of a European Badger (Meles meles) that has been restrained using plastic wickets in a cage trap during bovine tubercul...

Neil Aldridge / As part of biosecurity measures, Defra Field Workers sterilise their boots during European Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011.

Neil Aldridge / Defra Field Workers prepare personal protection equipment and vaccine for use on European Badgers (Meles meles) as part of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials on farmland, with cows in the ba...

Neil Aldridge / A European Badger (Meles meles) caught in a cage trap awaiting vaccination as part of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials on farmland in Gloucestershire, UK. June 2011. Part of winning portfo...

Neil Aldridge / Defra Field Workers arm a cage trap to trap a European Badger (Meles meles) as part of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011.

Neil Aldridge / As part of biosecurity measures, Defra Field Workers sterilise their boots during European Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011.

Neil Aldridge / European Badger (Meles meles) emerges from a cage trap following its successful vaccination against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) during vaccination trials. The red dye on its flank denotes that the badge...

Neil Aldridge / European Badger (Meles meles) reverses out of a cage trap away from a Defra Field Worker following its successful vaccination against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) during vaccination trials in Gloucesters...

Neil Aldridge / A European Badger (Meles meles) caught in a cage trap awaiting vaccination as part of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials on farmland in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011.

Neil Aldridge / European Badger (Meles meles) trapped in a cage trap is vaccinated by Defra field worker against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) during vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011.

Neil Aldridge / Defra Field Workers prepare vaccine for use on European Badgers (Meles meles) as part of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011. Part of winning portfolio for Do...

Neil Aldridge / European Badger (Meles meles) trapped in a cage trap is vaccinated by Defra field worker against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) during vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011.

Neil Aldridge / European Badger (Meles meles) trapped in a cage trap is vaccinated by Defra field worker against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) during vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011.

Neil Aldridge / European Badger (Meles meles) trapped in a cage trap is vaccinated by Defra field worker against bovine tuberculosis (bTB) during vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011.

Neil Aldridge / To aid identification of vaccinated animals, a Defra Field Worker sprays dye onto the hair of a European Badger (Meles meles) caught in a cage trap during bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials...