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The alpaca was the centre of a years-long row after migrating to the UK from New Zealand, after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis upon arrival in Britain. On August 31, Geronimo was killed by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
Now, initial post-mortem examination results on Geronimo the alpaca “show no visible signs of Bovine TB” according to BBC journalist Andrew Plant.
Mr Plant added: “It’s not conclusive proof he was BTB-free – a lab will now look for signs of the disease in cells, a process which could take weeks more.”
Darshna Soni, Channel 4 home affairs correspondent, also posted on Twitter: “Reports that there is no sign of bovine TB in the initial post mortem of Geronimo the alpaca.”
She also added the results were “not conclusive”, but if Geronimo is confirmed to not have Bovine TB “lots of questions for Defra” will be asked.
It comes after Helen Macdonald, 50 and Geronimo’s owner, vowed to posthumously prove the alpaca was not infected with Bovine TB.
She said she hopes to mulate a fellow alpaca farmer who managed to sneak the blood samples of a slaughtered animal through the government testing regime to prove they should not have been culled.
She added: “We have got blood samples and we will get them tested after Christmas.
“They have made a martyr of him now and I am not going to let this go.”
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