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For Rosie, hearing her daughter's diagnosis "was a very hard pill to swallow".

It can cause ulcers or sores around the animal's mouth and face, difficulties swallowing and breathing, fever and lameness, foetal deformities and stillbirths.

On returning the following day to retrieve some belongings, she said the flood had completely swallowed the house: "It's already sunk."

He acknowledges fans will find that hard to swallow, but adds a lot of technology and research go into the development of professional strips.

These microspheres function like miniature "pills" that are swallowed and include magnetic particles so they can be easily collected from stool.