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FARMERS WEEKLY INTERACTIVE NEWSLETTER
30 May 2002
http://www.fwi.co.uk
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Welcome to the FWi newsletter.

AN improved test for bovine tuberculosis is to be trialled by the government in a bid to combat the spread of the disease.

Defra announced on Wednesday (29 May) that the gamma-interferon test will be used in pilot areas.

The test, which involves incubating a blood sample with tuberculins for a day, is believed to be more accurate than the traditional tuberculin skin test.

The trials follow the endorsement of the gamma-interferon test as a supplement for the skin test by the EU's Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health earlier this month.

For further details on this and other stories follow the links below.

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Johann Tasker
News editor