>For anyone interested: the USA has nearly completely eradicated bovine >TB, and Australia has been declared bovine TB free for over 10 years. A little word of warning here. Being declared TB free and not having any TB in the country is not the same thing. The UK has a BT free status but we have outbreaks of BT in cattle every year. I believe the BT free status here is because of milk treatment and the herd/carcase inspection program not the fact of us not having any BT. Sad state of affairs isn't it. Chris. Wessex Ferret Club (http://www.wessexferretclub.co.uk) [Posted in FML issue 4780]