The farmer who turned to singing after bovine TB silenced his fields

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What happened

Dairy farmer Mervyn Kelso struggled with the sadness of the empty fields when he lost his entire herd to bovine TB.

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  • Reported by BBC Science and published Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:01:43 UTC.

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