Resumen de Bovine TB in the pilot badger cull zone in Gloucestershire
Caroline Allen, Fiona Dalzell, Bronwen Eastwood, Richard Edwards, Phill Elliott, Geoffrey Hale, Geraldine Hale, Mark Jones, Andrew Knight, Jo Lewis, Iain McGill, Andre Menache, Peter Southgate, Paul Torgerson
IN their letter entitled ‘Bovine TB in the pilot badger cull zone in Gloucestershire’ (VR, February 21, 2015, vol 176, p 208), Blowey and others claim that data derived from veterinary practices serving some farmers within the pilot badger cull zone in Gloucestershire show significant declines in bovine TB reactors. They appear to suggest the pilot badger culls may have resulted in dramatic reductions in TB in cattle. Mr Blowey has subsequently been quoted as saying ‘I can think of no other reason other than the culling of infected badgers as to why there should be such a decrease in the level of bovine TB in the county.’
