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October 2008 - Posts

• Great Expectations

  In December 2006, the Welsh Assembly established the 'Biosecurity Intensive Treatment Area' across an area of approx 100 sq km. with a high incidence of bTB on the Carmarthanshire / Pembrokeshire border in West Wales. The overall aim, it stated... Posted Oct 25 2008, 09:08 PM by Bovine TB Select Tags... SaveCancel [Edit Tags]

• Running for cover

  As government flounder under a mountain of paper debt and bankrupt banks, discussed at length on our sister site, what of the political angles on bovine badger TB? Is there cross party consensus on control / eradication of tuberculosis, or a difference... Posted Oct 19 2008, 09:33 AM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]

• Wales starts the countdown

  October 1st. saw the start of the Principality's plan to eradicate bovine badger TB from its 13,835 registered cattle herds. The three point strategy kicked off this week with a sweep of cattle testing through the entire country. A one-off test for... Posted Oct 03 2008, 08:38 AM by Bovine TB [Edit Tags]