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Thursday 13 October 2011

Badger vaccine project generates 'delight'


















Culling may spread TB by perturbing badgers' social groups - but vaccination would not.
The UK's first independent badger vaccination project has proved that the technique is "viable and affordable", according to the charity running it.
The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust vaccinated 35 badgers during the summer against the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) in cattle. Full story.

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