apr 1, 1971 - 'Badger Zero' in Glos

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In April 1971, a farmer in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds brought the dead body of a
wild into his local government animal health office. Roger Muirhead, one of the veterinary officers there, conducted a post-mortem examination. He reported pathological lesions caused by tuberculosis, and identified Mycobacterium bovis in lymph fluids. The diagnosis was subsequently confirmed by scientists at the government’s Central Veterinary Laboratory

Muirhead, R.H. (1972) ‘Bovine tuberculosis in wild badgers in south Gloucestershire’, State Veterinary Journal 27, pp. 197–205

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