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Tag Archives: biosecurity
Stowaways in potted plants
Potted plants can seem so benign. Beautiful, fascinating, good to grow and give, but they may carry invasive species which are not benign. Tom Bawden at The Independent tells us about invasive species reaching Europe, including the New Guinea flatworm … Continue reading
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Tagged alien species, America, Argentine ant, arthropod, Asia, Asian hornet, beetle, biosecurity, coleopteran, Europe, flatworm, garden, harlequin ladybird, herbivore, hymenopteran, insect, invasive species, invertebrate, ladybird, landscape, lepidopteran, light brown apple moth, lily beetle, mollusc, moth, native species, New Guinea flatworm, New Zealand flatworm, oak processionary moth, pest, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, predator, rosemary leaf beetle, slug, snail, Spanish slug
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Getting rid of bovine tuberculosis?
A farmer in my family told me, ‘People want clean meat.’ Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease of cattle (Bos primigenius) caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis. Our UK Government wants rid of bTB, because then the European Union … Continue reading
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Tagged bacterium, badger, biosecurity, bovine tuberculosis, cattle, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, disease, disease reservoir, disease testing, disease transmission, farmer, food safety, law, livestock, mammal, milk, Mycobacterium bovis, native species, notifiable disease, politics, ruminant, trade, tuberculosis, vertebrate, wildlife, zoonosis
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What the British government is doing about bovine tuberculosis
Did you think I’d stopped thinking about bovine tuberculosis (bTB)? I haven’t and nor has our Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Here are two announcements from DEFRA today. First announcement: There’s to be ‘zero tolerance’ of missed … Continue reading
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Tagged bacterium, biosecurity, bovine tuberculosis, cattle, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, disease, disease testing, disease transmission, farmer, Heath_David, law, livestock, mammal, Mycobacterium bovis, notifiable disease, politics, ruminant, transport, tuberculosis, vertebrate, zoonosis
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The badger cull – what we know and what we don’t know
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease of cattle (Bos primigenius) caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis. You could follow my ‘tuberculosis’ tag. Other animals can get bTB too. In Britain, some people think the native badger (Meles meles) is … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, knowledge transfer
Tagged alien species, bacterium, badger, biosecurity, brushtail possum, cattle, data, deer, disease, farmer, foot and mouth disease, fox, history, knowledge, livestock, mammal, marsupial, mouse, mustelid, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, native species, poison, polecat, politics, research, reservoir, rodent, ruminant, shooting, shrew, squirrel, stoat, tuberculosis, vertebrate, vole, wildlife
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New rules about tuberculosis in cattle
Here in Britain we want rid of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). Here’s a list of notifiable diseases affecting livestock in Britain. On our way to that goal, we want to reduce bTB’s spread. Therefore we have new rules about testing cattle … Continue reading
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Tagged bacterium, badger, biosecurity, bovine tuberculosis, cattle, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, disease, disease testing, disease transmission, Heath_David, law, livestock, mammal, mustelid, Mycobacterium bovis, notifiable disease, politics, research, ruminant, transport, tuberculosis, vertebrate, veterinary, wildlife, zoonosis
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Sign Brian May’s petition for badgers
My fellow bloggers at Animal Connection invite us to sign this e-petition. In my opinion the badger cull is a waste of resources. Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a serious problem but the science doesn’t point to killing badgers. I think … Continue reading
What to do about tuberculosis in cattle
Tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle (Bos primigenius) gets blamed on badgers but I don’t agree. Even our Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Owen Paterson blames badgers for bTB but I think he’s wrong. … Continue reading
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Tagged bacterium, badger, biosecurity, bovine tuberculosis, cattle, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, disease, disease reservoir, disease transmission, livestock, mammal, mustelid, Mycobacterium bovis, notifiable disease, research, ruminant, transport, tuberculosis, vertebrate, wildlife, zoonosis
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Owen Paterson on badgers
Earlier today I blogged about Owen Paterson, our new Secretary of State at the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), being interviewed by Farmers Weekly. What do you think of that interview? I’m wary of party politics. So … Continue reading
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Tagged bacterium, badger, biosecurity, bovine tuberculosis, cattle, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, disease, disease transmission, law, livestock, mammal, mustelid, Mycobacterium bovis, notifiable disease, Paterson_Owen, politics, ruminant, shooting, transport, tuberculosis, vertebrate, wildlife, zoonosis
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