GETTING RID OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS
Britain's farming experts b®lie.ve that at least another 10 to 15 vears will elapse before the whole country can be cleared of bovine tuberculosis. , This ccrmment was made bv Mr. Tom Wil liams, yfinister of Agriculture, when lie rnoved thfe second reading of ' the Animals Bill in the Commons, which extends for a further ten years pay rnents to farmers for tlie eradi ealing of this disease from their herds. Mr. Wil liaitis added. that there now were nearly 1,200,000 atfested cnttle in .Britain Or more than one-eiglith of tlie totai cfittle population.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 February 1948, Page 5
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