tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post109646346050598263..comments2023-07-15T10:28:46.810+01:00Comments on Bovine TB: From Russia with loveRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561483930556493363noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post-1096524752908434012004-09-30T07:12:00.000+01:002004-09-30T07:12:00.000+01:00The reason 'old stripey' is such a successful host...The reason 'old stripey' is such a successful host of bTb, is that it can survive, maintain body weight and breed more 'little stripeys' while shedding that lethal load of 300,000 units of tb per 1 ml of pee into the environment.<br />It's only during the very final stages of the tb disease cycle that it crawls around half dead, and finally dies horribly from supporating abscesses throughout its emaciated body.<br /><br />But yes, you're right. By their denial, this is the sort of badger the so called 'badger lovers' will see many more of, but fed a diet of glossy pictures of healthy badgers (mainly on collecting boxes)unfortunately they never do.<br /><br />Farmers see them... They find them huddled in farm buildings, excluded from their family group, seeking food and shelter - anywhere. But by that time they'll have infected half the cattle in the area.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09293505337441558637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post-1096487990631837652004-09-29T20:59:00.000+01:002004-09-29T20:59:00.000+01:00As things are progressing with more and more badge...As things are progressing with more and more badger sets becomming infected with TB, it shouldnt be very long before they wipe out themselves as they become a weekened species. It doesnt take a rocket scientist brain to realise that the badger groups that are so called preserving these 'cuddly luvies'now, are in fact quietly exterminating them!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com