Percentage of badgers with bTB fell to zero in Cornish study, raising hopes of end to cull of 210,000 badgers since 2013
A large-scale vaccination programme could help eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in badgers, according to a first-of-its-kind study with “really promising” results for cattle farmers, whose herds have been devastated by the disease.
Over four years, researchers vaccinated 265 badgers across 12 farms in Cornwall. They found the percentage of badgers testing positive for bTB fell from 16% to zero.
About Author
More Stories
Researchers create AI-based tool that restores age-damaged artworks in hours
Australia has ‘no alternative’ but to embrace AI and seek to be a world leader in the field, industry and science minister says
European journalists targeted with Paragon Solutions spyware, say researchers