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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates
Rabies was almost completely eliminated by doctored bait in Western Europe - why not the same for badgers and vaccinate all cows?
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The rabies vaccination is ongoing, food that's been treated is placed in areas suspected of having large fox populations. The thing with the Badgers is, I believe they need to be given a live vaccine, so unlike rabies treatment they can't just scatter treated foodstuffs, they have to catch the animals to inoculate them.
As to the Cows, they can't really be vaccinated because that then infects them & makes them unfit for the food chain be it as meat or for dairy produce. So a catch 22 situation arises, who wants or needs a herd that costs but gives no return?