Tag Archives: fox

The badger cull – what we know and what we don’t know

Posted on September 30, 2013 by argylesock

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 | 2 Comments

Badger cull is to start tomorrow night

Posted on August 25, 2013 by argylesock

Here in Britain some cattle (Bos primigenius) get bovine tuberculosis (bTB) and we want rid. Wild badgers (Meles meles) can get bTB too. Some people think badgers spread the infection (Mycobacterium bovis) to cattle. Others think that we shouldn’t obsess … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, ecology | Tagged badger, bovine tuberculosis, cattle, disease, dog, fox, history, hunting, law, livestock, mammal, Mycobacterium bovis, notifiable disease, politics, ruminant, shooting, tuberculosis, vertebrate, welfare, wildlife | 1 Comment

Badger culling

Posted on October 18, 2012 by argylesock

My fellow blogger MottledThrush shows us what’s being said in Brussels about badgers. Here’s a list of notifiable diseases affecting livestock in Britain. Our Secretary of State, Owen Paterson, is taking a political risk here isn’t he? He might win … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, ecology | Tagged bacterium, badger, bovine tuberculosis, canid, cattle, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, disease, dog, fox, history, hunting, livestock, mammal, mustelid, Mycobacterium bovis, notifiable disease, Paterson_Owen, pest, politics, predator, ruminant, shooting, tuberculosis, vaccine, vermin, vertebrate, wildlife, zoonosis | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: fox

The badger cull – what we know and what we don’t know

Badger cull is to start tomorrow night

Badger culling

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