date:Jul 04, 2014
UK as part of bovine TB prevention measures, down from 37,734 in 2012, according to provisional figures from Defra.
The authors of the report said increasing cattle slaughters to fight bovine TB more effectively might be an acceptable cost if one is prepared to take a sufficiently long-term view.
But Eustice said Defra could not accept the papers finding as it had not investigated the full range of ways in which bovine TB could spread. TB is devastating for our dairy and cattle farmers and, a