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Ask Our Vet Testing cattle for tuberculosis

Dear Prof McCrindle, My neighbour's dairy cattle were diagnosed positive for TB. I don't have dairy cattle, but a stud of Tuli cattle. Why did the state vet tell me that my animals also have to be tested? Kind regards, Anonymous

Dear Anonymous, In South Africa, bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is a notifiable and controlled Mycobacterium bovis

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