New skin tests in breakthrough against bTB

Welsh scientists have developed 2 new skin tests for cattle that have the potential to help fight the global battle against bovine tuberculosis (bTB). Research conducted by scientists from Aberystwyth University in Wales has helped formulate 2 tests for the disease. One of the tests can detect if an animal is infected with bTB, and the other if the animal has been vaccinated against it. Although a bTB vaccine has been around for more than a century, the current tests cannot disting