Bovine TB (bTB) is a notifiable disease in the UK caused by Mycobacterium bovis. Disease can be carried and spread by a variety of other species including badgers, deer, alpacas, llamas, goats, cats and dogs, and it is also a zoonosis (humans can be infected).

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