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Daily Mirror
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Ben Glaze

Farming Minister gave up cows in case they infected neighbour's cattle with TB

The Farming Minister gave up a herd of cows because she was worried they would infect a neighbour's cattle with bovine TB, she revealed tonight.

Victoria Prentis told MPs how she made the decision over her long-horned animals because of the risk of spreading tuberculosis in cows.

Her comments came as she defended the Government’s controversial badger cull amid renewed calls for a halt to the killing programme.

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