RT @terrierview: @leecaluan @IanCarter67 I’m afraid despite the protestations of the Badger Trust…. “There is irrefutable scientific evid…

@leecaluan @IanCarter67 I’m afraid despite the protestations of the Badger Trust…. “There is irrefutable scientific evidence that badgers are a reservoir of M. bovis infection and are implicated in the transmission of infection to cattle.” https://t.co/

@PhilLatham @WoodlandDave Hmm… “incontrovertible evidence that badgers are reservoirs of TB”… but still the dispute rages. https://t.co/k7r1d3yubb

@bovinetb Perhaps: “It is unlikely that the eradication of TB from cattle will be achieved without the reservoir of M. bovis infection in badgers being controlled.” Those controls stopped in 1997. https://t.co/k7r1d3yubb

@writethewrongs2 @clwydforest @DJ_Renney “There is irrefutable scientific evidence badgers are a reservoir of TB…” https://t.co/k7r1d3yubb

@SwaledaleMutton "There is evidence that tuberculous lesions in badgers may resolve, although the mechanism for achieving this is not understood" https://t.co/FnpEQqvR1M

@SwaledaleMutton "direct contact between cattle and badgers appears to occur infrequently" https://t.co/FnpEQqvR1M

@SwaledaleMutton "However, although badgers with advanced or terminal disease constitute a very small proportion of infected badgers, their excreta may contain very high concentrations of bacilli" https://t.co/FnpEQqvR1M

@SwaledaleMutton "Although urinary excretion of M. bovis is often cited as a dominant transmission route, renal lesions are infrequently detected in naturally infected badgers." https://t.co/FnpEQqvR1M

@SwaledaleMutton "Few badgers have disease that is sufficiently advanced to provide the high concentration of M. bovis in excreta needed to initiate infection by ingestion" https://t.co/FnpEQqvR1M

@jamesfairwild @SwaledaleMutton @AmyDickman4 "There is irrefutable scientific evidence that badgers are a reservoir" https://t.co/k7r1d3yubb

@HardingMike Probably true in Yorkshire, much less so down south. There is a lot of codswallop on Twitter about it, this is a pretty good science-based review... https://t.co/k7r1d3yubb

RT @Scientific_cow: @RosieWoodroffe @BobFlemming73 @Drystonesonnet @terrierview @PhilLatham @Badgergate There is irrefutable scientific evi…

RT @Scientific_cow: @RosieWoodroffe @BobFlemming73 @Drystonesonnet @terrierview @PhilLatham @Badgergate There is irrefutable scientific evi…

@MalcolmBennett7 @RosieWoodroffe @Badgergate https://t.co/lnWWSYxwET

RT @Scientific_cow: @RosieWoodroffe @BobFlemming73 @Drystonesonnet @terrierview @PhilLatham @Badgergate There is irrefutable scientific evi…

RT @Scientific_cow: @RosieWoodroffe @BobFlemming73 @Drystonesonnet @terrierview @PhilLatham @Badgergate There is irrefutable scientific evi…

RT @Scientific_cow: @RosieWoodroffe @BobFlemming73 @Drystonesonnet @terrierview @PhilLatham @Badgergate There is irrefutable scientific evi…

RT @Scientific_cow: @RosieWoodroffe @BobFlemming73 @Drystonesonnet @terrierview @PhilLatham @Badgergate There is irrefutable scientific evi…

@RosieWoodroffe @BobFlemming73 @Drystonesonnet @terrierview @PhilLatham @Badgergate There is irrefutable scientific evidence that badgers are a reservoir of M. bovis infection https://t.co/VIwKcjBnau

@PhilLatham @dicksibley @bovinetb @DrBrianMay https://t.co/x7Fs2CFXjA ...maximal concentrations reported of 102–105 CFU/mL in urine, and 102–105 CFU/g in feces....

#BovineTuberculosis control strategies in United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland for cattle and badger populations https://t.co/J7A5r1x919