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UIN 92094

Pigs: Bovine Tuberculosis

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13 December 2021

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16 December 2021 · Answer

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16 December 2021

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the number of (a) negative or (b) inconclusive Bovine Tuberculosis first culture tests on pigs that have subsequently returned a positive test result on the second c

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  1. 13 December 2021

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the number of (a) negative or (b) inconclusive Bovine Tuberculosis first culture tests on pigs that have subsequently returned a positive test result on the second c

    Source: Commons

  2. 16 December 2021

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    Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic, infectious and primarily respiratory disease caused by the slow-growing bacterium Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). It is mainly a disease of cattle and other bovines, but it can affect a wide range of mammal species, ...

    Source: Written answer

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