Environment Secretary damning final verdict on Geronimo the alpaca sentenced to death for ‘testing positive for TB’
ENVIRONMENT secretary George Eustice has delivered a damning final verdict on Geronimo the alpaca, who has been sentenced to death for “testing positive for TB”.
Despite having never had a living calf, Mr Eustice said the cow had to be taken to the slaughter to protect the rest of the herd. He said: “Two consecutive positive test results is a very strong indicator of the presence of the disease.“I investigated the owner's assertion that a previous 'skin test' in New Zealand combined with using a 'primer' might have led to a false result, but the Enferplex test detects the protein of bTB itself, not an immune response, so that theory was discounted.”
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