Bovine TB -- Ireland
Abstract
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"Vaccination of badgers with _Mycobacterium bovis_ Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) has been shown to protect badgers against tuberculosis in experimental trials. During the 3-year County Kilkenny BCG vaccine field study, badgers were treated orally with placebo (100% in Zone A), BCG (100% in Zone C), or randomly assigned 50%:50% treatment with BCG or placebo (Zone B). At the end of the study, 275 badgers were removed from the trial area and subjected to detailed post-mortem
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