Tuberculosis. TB Stop Calling it Bovine TB!
Please correct me if I'm wrong, as you usually do, Tuberculosis is a Zoonosis.
Can we please stop calling it Bovine TB.
As has been reported by Caroline Stocks recently here on FWi, a strain of TB has been caught by a Veterinary nurse from Badgers that had been visiting her garden. It was reported as a strain of Bovine TB. The veterinary nurse had not worked in large animal practice as far as I'm aware, so why should the cattle be blamed.
Whilst it is referred to as Bovine TB then the Badger Trust will have the moral upper hand. The Badger Trust are in denial that there is a problem in the badger polulation. The problem for them now is that there is so much TB in the wild that the only way to control the disease now is to have a massive cull. If they had offered control of these very sick Badgers sooner the problems we now face could have been avoided.
It's unfortunate that the story about the Veterinary nurse emerged just after the credit crunch had started. I'm sure that once the general public get a hold of the fact that TB, which is a disease that is on the increase in this country, could be transfered to the public by those cute black and white stripes as apposed the black and white bovines it will be a different story. As reported in the article, it appears it is very easy to catch the disease.
FWi News Caroline Stocks
It is TB contracted by Bovines and Badgers alike.