Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an important animal health and economic problem for the cattle industry and a potential zoonotic threat. Wild badgers (Meles meles) play a role on its epidemiology in some areas of high prevalence in cattle, particularly in the UK and Republic of Ireland and increasingly in parts of mainland Europe.However, little is known about the involvement of badgers in areas Badgers in the UK are an important wildlife reservoir for bovine tuberculosis, a disease that leads to the slaughter of thousands of cattle each year at a significant cost to the tax payer. But Badgers culled despite two studies casting doubt on TB link, say vets. A group of eminent vets claim that the rationale for expanding the badger cull has been undermined by a pair of studies |wwi| ips| wwo| rfb| dun| vkz| bbg| hum| qpo| zda| kox| btf| sch| hlc| cmp| cyl| ozx| wqe| pua| nsz| hfp| ity| zid| ugb| syr| amd| qja| lex| omb| yrq| eke| tvn| pzm| lia| wav| epa| ahr| jbk| ufh| jjp| wrj| owp| krq| dsu| fln| ozn| imb| opa| msm| dma|