Bovine TB: Bovine TB in the pilot badger cull zone in Gloucestershire

• Autores: Paul Torgerson
• Localización: Veterinary Record, ISSN-e 2042-7670, Vol. 176, Nº. 22, 2015, págs. 578-579
• Idioma: inglés
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  • IN their recent letter (VR, May 16, 2015, vol 176, pp 527-528) Mr Blowey and others correctly observe that there has been a decrease in the number of total reactors in the western region of England from 2013 to 2014. They also observed that in the badger cull areas of Gloucestershire, Hereford/Worcester and Somerset the decrease is considerable and they mused over the coincidence that these are in the cull zones. They conclude by speculating that not only has the cull not led to an increase in bovine TB, but indeed rather the opposite.....