Geronimo NVL

[steveR]

It looks like I might have been right . I see that "Sky News" has said that Geronimo was needlessly killed by the authorities "in a most brutal manner " . According to them it didn't have t.b. I'd bet they stir it all up and re-hash it all over again . Still , look on the bright side , it might push Boris' party off the front pages for a time .

Does that mean we will be hearing from the animals owner.... again

 

[neilo]

I wonder if they’ve managed to skin test the remaining animals, which clearly weren’t effectively isolated.

 

[matthew]

Full Apha report in first link in this posting:

APHA - results of cultures for alpaca Geronimo

Today, Apha have published the culture results for the alpaca at the centre of a three year stand off after several positive Enferplex...

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He wasn't NVL, lesions were found in lymph nodes and liver, but these proved unable to produce a genotype on culture.

 

[CFMF]

I am 81,my brother & I aged 10 & 11 had abdominal pain around the same time TT Testing was started. My fathers herd was tested & a high proportion had TB. We had chest Xrays which were clear so were sent to have our appendix removed.We were found to have to have TB in our mesenteric lymph glands . Skin tests (Montoux) on us showed that we had TB.Six months medication(Izoniazid &Pyrazinamide) It cured us but we both have liver scarring due to the drugs. Ps our livers are still functioning!!