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dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 20 12:27 pm    Post subject: badger badger badger and good news for moos Reply with quote
    

vaccine trial to see if it is effective(probably will be) and can an immune moo be identified as clearly not an infected moo?

iirc it was about 5 years ago that this might take ten years so hooves crossed by 2025 bovine tb will not be an issue for badgers or moos

 
Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 20 6:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I read that too. If it works and it both works and they can tell the difference between immunity and infected it will be a very good thing. I believe it was the test between the two that was the major stumbling block to effectively using a vaccine.

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 20 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

yep telling infected from vaccinated successfully was the problem

there has been an effective vaccine for ages but an immune moo tests as a positive case which is a big problem

afaik this new vaccine has been tweaked to avoid giving false positives when testing for an active infection.

the lab scale trials took 5 years, the wide trials will take the same time but it is a game changer for farmers, moos and badgers if it is as good in the field as it is in the lab.

 
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