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Inventor says robo-vaccination machine could be used to combat bovine TB

So Tony Cholerton, a zookeeper who had been a motorcycle engineer for many years, invented Robovacc a machine to quickly administer vital jabs without the presence of people. The result, a clever contraption he controlled from an adjacent room with a handset taken from remote-control toy aeroplanes, successfully administered vaccinations to Cinta in a feeding area. The tiger sat up briefly, mid-meal, as the needle penetrated her rear end, then calmly continued eating.

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fromwww.theguardian.com

4 months ago

Saving the world's fattest parrot: can New Zealand vaccinate its rare species before bird flu gets to them?

H5N1 avian influenza threatens rare Oceania birds, prompting New Zealand to trial vaccinating endangered species like kakapo to prevent catastrophic extinctions.

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Inventor says robo-vaccination machine could be used to combat bovine TB

Saving the world's fattest parrot: can New Zealand vaccinate its rare species before bird flu gets to them?

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