Bovine TB -- France
Michael Gove's pledge to cull thousands of badgers to end the tuberculosis epidemic in England's cattle faces a scientific challenge, from research showing foxes can also carry the disease.
If confirmed, it could make Gove's cull pointless because it is based on the belief that badgers are the only wild animals to infect cattle.
Last month French government scientists published evidence showing foxes could also carry and transmit bovine TB (bTB). "Infection in wild red foxes was found in
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