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International TB News
International TB news
Read the latest bovine Tb-related news from around the world.
UK: Badger vaccinations begin in Somerset. 29.7.12
UK: TB confirmed in Scottish herd. 21/8/12
UK: Farmers win High Court battle for TB badger cull. 13/7/12
Ireland: Progress with TB eradication comes under criticism. 10/7/12
South Africa: Kruger buffalo struck down by TB. 3/7/12
Canada: TB in Alberta's wild buffalo. 29/6/12
USA: Major TB herd breakdown in Michigan. 25/6/12
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Routine bovine Tuberculosis (TB) surveillance testing conducted by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently confirmed a medium size dairy herd as bovine TB positive in Alpena County. Bovine TB is an infectious bacterial disease that affects cattle and white-tailed deer in Michigan's northeastern Lower Peninsula.
UK: Opinion piece by Welsh rare breeds farmer. 7/6/12
UK: Hundreds of alpacas culled in TB outbreak. 17/5/12
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Hundreds of alpacas have been culled on a farm in Sussex after testing positive for bovine TB.
