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Goats are slaughtered in TB scare (BBC News)
Twenty-two goats from six herds in Wales and England are slaughtered after they were found to have bovine TB.


Bovine TB outbreak in Welsh goats (BBC News)
An outbreak of bovine TB has been found in goats in Carmarthenshire, which officials say is unusual.


DVD Designed To Help Veterinary Surgeons To Disbud Goats - The Goat Veterinary Society (Medical News Today)
The Goat Veterinary Society (GVS) has produced a DVD designed to help veterinary surgeons to disbud goats. Produced in association with the BVA Animal Welfare Foundation the DVD is in memory of the late Mike Teale MRCVS, following a donation from his family. The DVD discusses the potential problems associated with disbudding kid goats and provides guidance on how to avoid them.


Goats culled after bovine TB outbreak FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive)
Twenty goats have been culled in Carmarthenshire, after six were discovered to have what is suspected to be TB.


'Unusual' TB outbreak in goats detected (icWales)
BOVINE TB has been discovered in goats in Wales in an outbreak which officials have described as “unusual”.


Obama speech: 'We must come together to save planet' (Independent)
Tonight, I speak to you not as a candidate for president, but as a citizen – a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world. I know that I don't look like the Americans who've previously spoken in this great city. The journey that led me here is improbable. My mother was born in the heartland of America, but my father grew up herding goats in Kenya. His father – my ...


Cloned meat safe to eat - EU food agency (Guardian Unlimited)
Long-awaited scientific opinion finds health and welfare risks for animals but no concerns for human consumption


Lentils with Bacon (Times Online)
Ingredients Serves 4, or 6 as side dish Prep: 10min Cook: 30min 1 head of garlic, dry outer skin removed and cloves separated but not peeled 1 onion, finely chopped 100g streaky bacon


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Eyewitness: Barack Obama rides carnival mood (Times Online)
Before the Obama speech, the front cover of Stern magazine asked whether Obama was coming as a Messiah or as a seducer - there was not much of either in evidence tonight.