article_snippet.sent: Liz Truss comments came as NFU president Meurig Raymond said the incidence of TB had decreased on farms in two pilot areas in Somerset and Gloucestershire where culling of badgers has taken place over the last two years.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Truss pledged that any future Conservative government would 'take the difficult decisions to deal with this disease'.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Truss told the National Farmers Union conference: 'It is shameful that under the previous government bovine TB increased nine-fold and we ended up with the highest levels of the disease in Europe. '
article_snippet.sent: Ms Truss said the Government's strategy included cattle movement controls, vaccination in 'edge' areas around disease hotspots, and culling where the disease in Europe is rife. '