NickJ
Well-Known Member
Hi Nick, culturing the lesion takes ages as I mentioned earlier - it's a reflection of the Mycobacteria as a group they are very slow growing organisms. Richard's 6 month delay is ridiculous and will be a combination of factors that are mostly due to the culture within MAFF/DEFRA. It's a lethal mixture of poor efficiency and an attitude of not giving out disease information that has been a problem for many years.
Thanks, sounds like no lessons learnt by then from the Foot & Mouth debacle...