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[email protected] www.wicklowtimes.net DON'T BLAME THE DEER! A new report evaluating the role that deer play in the spread of Bovine TB (bTB), has labelled Wicklow as a Bovine TB 'hot-spot' and suggests that Wicklow's large deer population might be to blame. However, this is hotly disputed. The report in the peer- on the role of deer in Agriculture's Wildlife reviewed scientific Ireland is lacking, the Unit said regarding a journal, Microbial report says. 2018 Department study Genomics, titled In the last decade, "this information does 'Mycobacterium bovis Wicklow has had the not inform us about the genomics reveals highest herd-level direction of spread of transmission of infection prevalence of bTB in the disease, and cannot be between cattle and country. The report states used to draw any deer in Ireland', was that in Co. Wicklow, conclusion about which published on June 18th "high densities of deer species may be infecting by Crispell et al. have been implicated in which other species." It's understood that the local spread and A recommendation to deer can act as a spill persistence of M. bovis the Minister of over host for the infection in cattle.