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13-11-2018, 11:38 PM
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Bovine TB

A report just released.

https://www.itv.com/news/2018-11-13/...-of-bovine-tb/

The main focus for eradicating the disease should be tackling cattle to cattle transmission through improved testing.
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Just heard about this on the news Cinders - now they have murdered thousands of badgers!
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13-11-2018, 11:48 PM
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An appalling massacre, when they can vaccinate. I would put money on some EU law banning this
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14-11-2018, 01:32 AM
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http://www.tbfreeengland.co.uk/latest-news/vaccination/
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14-11-2018, 11:16 AM
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I hope those committed the act of killing those poor creatures are feeling suitably chastened. But I see they are carrying on with the plan to exterminate them. Almost like they enjoy killing
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14-11-2018, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962 ->
I hope those committed the act of killing those poor creatures are feeling suitably chastened. But I see they are carrying on with the plan to exterminate them. Almost like they enjoy killing

I wouldn't say that at all Julie

If you read that link Ive posted you will see that bTB isn't easily eradicated, and whilst they are in some areas, inoculating badgers, theres no guarantee that the badger isn't already a carrier

The farm here who's land I live on had 40 cows destroyed last month because of TB. Yes, the farmer will be compensated for the loss of the cows, but thats 1/3 of his herd destroyed, a herd thats taken years to build up. Also no milk is being lifted from him until the rest of the herd are out of quarantine and he cant sell or buy any other animals (Beef and Dairy Farm) It will take him years to recover - if at all

Its hard for the farming community. No one wants to cull badgers but unless we want our cattle to be locked up in sheds all their. lives being fed meal instead of grass its something we have to understand happens because we humans like to eat meat and drink milk
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14-11-2018, 12:44 PM
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Statistics I read the other day said there is no proof at all culling has worked and the TB is more prevalent in areas culls have been carried out. TBH I have always been a fan of opening the countryside to walkers but I do wonder if we are carrying on our boots these diseases from one farm to another ? We may be more of a problem than the badgers.
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14-11-2018, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962 ->
Statistics I read the other day said there is no proof at all culling has worked and the TB is more prevalent in areas culls have been carried out. TBH I have always been a fan of opening the countryside to walkers but I do wonder if we are carrying on our boots these diseases from one farm to another ? We may be more of a problem than the badgers.
Whilst we can catch bTB, we cant pass it on to animals

There are very few cases of humans with bTB, the ones being reported now are from countries which don't have the stringent testing that we have. There have been some cases here, but in older people where it is thought the disease was picked up years ago, probably from drinking unpasteurised milk
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Whilst we can catch bTB, we cant pass it on to animals

There are very few cases of humans with bTB, the ones being reported now are from countries which don't have the stringent testing that we have. There have been some cases here, but in older people where it is thought the disease was picked up years ago, probably from drinking unpasteurised milk
I was thinking more we might pick it up on our boots and pass it around Missy Is that possible ?
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What about other animals, deer, foxes etc, they may not get TB but they roam too & could surely carry it, specially deer.
 
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