PRO/AH/EDR> Bovine tuberculosis – Belgium (02): (LI) update

Bovine TB — Belgium
Of the 162 farms that were tested during the recent weeks for the presence of bovine tuberculosis [bTB], 19 have been given the status of “suspect.” These are partial results. The inspection was required last month [July 2015], after the disease had surfaced in a dairy farm in Meeuwen, in the province Limburg.
The diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis, a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans, was established last month [July 2015] In a dairy farm in Meeuwen. All 180 cattle on