Another Reason for Action On Tb ; the Risk to Humans From Bovine Tb Is Very Slight. But Today's News That a Woman Vet in Cornwall May Have Contracted the Illness Clearly Adds to the Already Immense Pressure On the Government to Take Seriously This Rural Scourge Which, As the Western Morning News Reports, Is Not Only Confined to Animals.

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The risk to humans from bovine TB is very slight. But today's news that a woman vet in Cornwall may have contracted the illness clearly adds to the already immense pressure on the Government to take seriously this rural scourge which, as the Western Morning News reports, is not only confined to animals.

It was uncertain yesterday whether the victim, from Cornwall, had contracted the illness from an infected cow or perhaps from coming into contact with a sick badger, maybe via her dog, which is also understood to be suffering from the disease.

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Another Reason for Action On Tb ; the Risk to Humans From Bovine Tb Is Very Slight. But Today's News That a Woman Vet in Cornwall May Have Contracted the Illness Clearly Adds to the Already Immense Pressure On the Government to Take Seriously This Rural Scourge Which, As the Western Morning News Reports, Is Not Only Confined to Animals.

Either way, this case, one of thankfully just a handful of bovine TB outbreaks among humans across Britain every year, serves to underline the depth of the crisis. Although bovine TB ...

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