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Kōrero: Diseases of sheep, cattle and deer

Testing deer for TB

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Testing deer for TB

Deer are tested for tuberculosis (TB) by an injection into the shaved skin on the neck. If there is a reaction in about three days, the test is considered positive and the deer is either tested again in 90 days or slaughtered.

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Gary Clark, Neville Grace rāua ko Ken Drew, Diseases of sheep, cattle and deer – Infectious and parasitic diseases of deer, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17528/testing-deer-for-tb (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gary Clark, Neville Grace rāua ko Ken Drew, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.