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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Speare-Cole and Jane Dalton

Bovine TB outbreak must be treated with the same urgency as Covid, scientists say

The disease spreads from cow to cow and from badgers to cattle - (Getty/iStock)

Bovine tuberculosis should be treated with similar urgency seen during the Covid-19 pandemic if it is to be eradicated by the target year of 2038, scientists say.

The disease, which devastates farm businesses by infecting cows, has been back in the spotlight in recent weeks after TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson reported cases on his farm in Oxfordshire.

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