GERONIMO the alpaca did not have tuberculosis, a post-mortem has revealed.

       It comes after a Government report back in October suggested there was no evidence of the infectious disease.

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       Helen Macdonald insisted Geronimo did not have TB Credit: Doug Seeburg 3

       The animal was executed back in August

       The beloved alpaca was executed in August, after it tested positive for bovine tuberculosis.

       Its owner Helen Macdonald's disputed the results and mounted court challenges to save him but lost her court battle.

       On August 31, police officers and Defra officials in hazmat suits arrived at the site in Wickwar, South Gloucestershire to take away the animal to be euthanised.

       But now post-mortem examinations show no trace of the disease, MailOnline reports.

       While there were no lesions on the animal's lungs or respiratory tract, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said there were a "number of TB-like lesions" in the liver and lymph nodes.

       According to the report seen by the Sun in October, they were “atypical” and offered no guarantee of infection.

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       And further tests conducted revealed there were no traces of the disease.

       Helen said: “This report shows that Geronimo met a brutal death for nothing.

       “Those monsters murdered my perfectly healthy animal.

       “It’s time for Defra to be honest and face the facts — they have chased and abused me for the last four years and now it turns out he was absolutely fine.

       "The way they have acted and the way I have been treated is horrendous, Geronimo’s death was needless, pointless cruelty.”

       MailOnline reports that she is now considering suing ministers over his death.

       Macdonald insisted her eight-year-old pet was free of bovine TB despite twice testing positive after arriving at her farm from New Zealand in August 2017.

       Helen claimed he had given false positives and began a legal fight to stop him being euthanised.

       Officials in hazmat suits, goggles and masks dragged him away by a rope around his neck to be killed on August 31.

       Defra later confirmed further investigations had begun to provide conclusive evidence Geronimo had TB.

       Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Christine Middlemiss said at the time: “We’d expect to complete the full post-mortem and [tissue sample testing] process by the end of the year.”

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       A post-mortem has revealed Geronimo didn't have TB Credit: Doug Seeburg

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