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It was imported from new zealand four years ago, then had a couple of positive test results, but she thought they were flawed and she has fought through the courts for over four years now to try to save her alpaca“s life. that was a battle she lost about six weeks ago, and then this time last week officials from defra came to her farm in south gloucestershire and took geronimo away. the whole thing, though, has sparked a debate about exactly how accurate the bovine tuberculosis testing programme is. it is designed of course to keep cattle and cattle farms safe, keep them trading, but still, more than 40,000 carers every single year on average are put down after positive tests. and the helen mcdonald, these initial results really aren t the end of the process. they are not conclusive proof that geronimo was bovine tuberculosis free. they will now have to take cells from the animal, send them to a lab, and try to culture those in a dish under a microscope, and that is as long a process ....

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