| Re: New research - Badgers innocent of TB spreading
MAFF or should I say DEFRA have had a report for the last 11yrs that has never been published, reason being, it proved/showed that badgers were not at fault passing BTB to cattle.
The culprit appears to be animal husbandry & birds, they feed on cowpats, fly off to another field & the cowpat on their feet comes off on the grass, another cow comes along & eats said gress & Bingo! infected cow. Put cows in barn for winter, cough, cough, sneeze & ... yuo've guest it the herd contract BTB. The research for this report wa done here in the west country. Live traping of birds & badgers took place in infected areas & it was a young student who suggested ckecking the pats for infection, guess who got the job?
It was that student who loaned me the report. As it has never been published I can't go into detail as I was not supposed to see it. |