Bovine TB Blog

June 2009 - Posts

• More on camelids

  We wrote last year of the problems facing the owners of llamas and alpacas, when they succumb to spillover TB. And this has been reinforced by the owner of a small Cornish herd, who has lost 4 alpacas to TB. Dianne Summers entered the following comment... Posted Jun 29 2009, 02:09 PM by Bovine TB

• To cull, or how to cull?

  The Guardian's George Monbiot has entered the 'to cull, or not to cull' fray, with a highly emotional piece on the proposed badger cull in Pembrokeshire. Describing it as 'brutal, futile and incomprehensible', his diatribe begins:... Posted Jun 18 2009, 01:24 PM by Bovine TB

• Playing for time?

  A letter published in Veterinary Times this week, supports Dr. Ueli Zellweger's concerns over Defra's proposal to vaccinate badgers, endemically infected with TB, with a less than efficient BCG TB vaccine. The letter from Dr. Lewis H. Thomas,... Posted Jun 13 2009, 02:02 PM by Bovine TB

• Spillover - terrier

  We have received the following report from a Midlands vet, telling the salutary tale of a terrier - doing what terriers do - and paying the ultimate price. In March a client came in with a working terrier which had obviously been in the wars. It had a... Posted Jun 07 2009, 02:18 PM by Bovine TB

• Post update

  We are grateful to Ueli Zellweger for further explanation on why injecting badgers endemically infected with tuberculosis, with a less than reliable BCG vaccine, is not the brightest idea our lords and (political) masters have ever had. Posting below... Posted Jun 06 2009, 01:06 AM by Bovine TB