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New test for TB in badgers announced.

11-09-2015 4:18pm

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http://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/new-test-can-identify-tb-in-badger-droppings-say-scientists.htm?amp;category_name=livestock

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#2 11-09-2015 4:37pm

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I'll settle for an accurate bovine TB Test. Hunting for badger ****e now. God help us

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#3 11-09-2015 6:00pm

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AFAIK they have to be very sick with it before they start shedding it in their shyte.

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#4 14-09-2015 3:15pm

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I wonder if as a study some student type wouldnt test some of the badgers killed on the nations roads for TB as a starter.... no harm to be done there...? often wondered

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#5 14-09-2015 3:32pm

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jmrc wrote: »

I wonder if as a study some student type wouldnt test some of the badgers killed on the nations roads for TB as a starter.... no harm to be done there...? often wondered

Has been done. IIRC, about 1 in 7 showed lesions (i.e. advanced TB).

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#6 14-09-2015 7:00pm

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You want a very small crush for them.

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#7 15-09-2015 7:33am

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80% of the ones caught locally had tb.

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