Guardian: The pluvial mist of English July wraps Warren Farm in the Mendip Hills, as James Small prepares for a morning testing his cattle for TB. His beef herd is under “restriction” after two cows showed signs suggesting bovine tuberculosis, or bTB. One was cleared, the other had to be destroyed.
“We’re an annual testing parish,” explains Small, who will wait a statutory 60 days for a further round of tests. “If we go clear, we’ll have the restrictions lifted and can resume business. But 60 days is a…

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