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Badger culls have varying impacts on cattle TB
Image copyright SPL The UK government’s badger cull has had mixed effects on the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle, a new study reports. A team found the incidence of cattle TB had fallen in two areas where badgers had been culled and slightly increased in a third area. Farming groups claim the figures demonstrate …
Badger culls risk increased spread of TB to cattle, study finds
Image copyright Seth Jackson Image caption Badgers move in as soon as culling begins and so spread infection further. Culling badgers drives them to roam further afield, allowing them to disperse tuberculosis over a larger area, new research suggests. The culls might thus increase the risk of TB spreading to cattle, the scientists behind the …
Philippines culls 7,000 pigs in outbreak of African swine fever | World news
The Philippines has reported its first cases of African swine fever, becoming the latest country hit by the disease that has killed pigs from Slovakia to China, pushing up pork prices worldwide. The virus is not harmful to humans but causes haemorrhagic fever in pigs that almost always ends in death. There is no antidote …
Vet says badger culls caused ‘immense pain’
Image copyright SPL Up to 9,000 of badgers are likely to have suffered “immense pain” in culls to control cattle TB, according to a former government adviser. Prof Ranald Munro is the ex-Chair of an independent expert group appointed by the government to assess its trials. He has written to Natural England to say that …
