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Badger sleeping habits could help target TB control

Sleeping away from the family home is linked to health risks for badgers, new research by the University of Exeter and the Food and Environment Research Agency has revealed.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Dec 19, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Vaccination reduces the risk of unvaccinated badger cubs testing tuberculosis positive

New evidence from a four-year field study has shown that BCG vaccination reduces the risk of tuberculosis infection in unvaccinated badger cubs in vaccinated groups, as well as in badgers that received the vaccine.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Dec 12, 2012 | not rated yet | 0