Article: Badgers 'likely source' of woman's Bovine TB ; Badgers probably infected a woman, her daughter and the family dog with bovine TB, according to latest research.

Article: Survey of badgers on the Furness Peninsula of South ...
M2 Presswire;  December 31, 2003 ;     644 words ... ... Survey of badgers on the Furness Peninsula of South West Cumbria following rise in Bovine TB cases(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ... an unexplained rise in bovine TB incidents in South West Cumbria. The survey will also monitor deer culled ...

Article: Weak-kneed government must tackle TB ; I have written constantly ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  December 23, 2008 ;     509 words ... ... constantly to warn of the danger of allowing bovine TB to rage throughout the herds of the South West, where it is most prevalent. Tb in cattle ... much damage has been done to farming in the South West, to badgers themselves, to unlimited ...

Article: 'Benn must go over growing TB fiasco' ; South West ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  May 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ...South West farmers struggling against an ever-advancing tide of bovine TB have called for the removal of Defra Secretary Hilary ... listen to what farmers were saying. In reality, say South West producers, he has resolutely kept a deaf ear turned ...

Article: Follow Welsh example for badger cull, demands CLA ; Landowners in ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  April 11, 2008 ;     462 words ...Landowners in the South West say environment ministers ... Welsh example in tackling bovine TB. The Country, Land ... Mortimer, the CLA's South West regional director, said ... needs an echo here in the South West and throughout the rest ...

Article: New approach to war on Bovine TB ; Landowners say ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  November 8, 2008 ;     656 words ... ... cattle offers a rare ray of hope to South West farmers. The Country Land and ... getting to grips with the menace of bovine TB than any of its predecessors ... to contribute to its work. CLA South West director John Mortimer said that ...

Article: 'Package of measures' needed to fight Bovine TB
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  September 28, 2007 ;     529 words ... ... controversial issue of the continuing threat posed by bovine TB to South West cattle herds, and the involvement of badgers in ... Conservative Party realises that we shall not eradicate bovine TB without dealing with the threat that infected badgers ...

Article: Expect more Bovine TB cases in humans
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  December 1, 2007 ;     536 words ... ... meaning but ill-informed letters on the risk of bovine TB. Most countries starting a cattle TB scheme ... TB from unpasteurised milk was common. With bovine TB so widespread in the South West now it is just a question of time before a lot ...