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Industry cannot 'test its way out of bovine TB', farm vet warns

Devon farm vet, Mr Dick Sibley, said he has been removed from Defra's bovine TB partnership group for ‘challenging' the current bTB programme and its lack of strategic approach

Rachael Brown
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Industry cannot 'test its way out of bovine TB', farm vet warns

More money is needed to tackle bovine TB, with the industry unable to ‘test itself out of this disease', while hopes of an effective cow vaccine within five years were ‘unrealistic'. Bovine Tuberculosis...

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