Dairy Matters: "TB - There is no end in sight for farmers, they are expected to just live with this"

Vets Dr John Gallagher and Roger Blowey give their view on the BBC documentary 'Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me'

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Dairy Matters: "TB - There is no end in sight for farmers, they are expected to just live with this"

Brian May's passion for badgers was clearly very evident in his recent documentary shown on the BBC, but as to him being a saviour with the solution to the bovine tuberculosis (bTB) problem, we think not....

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