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How the government is working to reduce and then eradicate bovine tuberculosis (TB) by providing research, advice, guidance and controls.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Seeking your views on changes to statistics on incidence of TB in cattle in Great Britain.
AHWBE recommendation on taking forward a limited study to into compensation for Bovine TB
A joint Defra and industry biosecurity action plan for improving herd resilience to bovine TB.
Chief Veterinary Officer’s advice on the outcome of year two of the badger culls.
Seeking views on removing the cattle pre-movement testing exemption for movements within SOAs, risk based trading and compulsory post-movement testing.
Advice to Natural England on setting minimum and maximum number of badgers to be culled in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire in 2014.
Inviting views from stakeholders on proposals for new control measures to further reduce the risk of bovine TB transmission between cattle herds.
Seeking views on proposals to combine existing legislation on TB in deer and other changes regarding TB in camelids.
Defra is consulting on a draft strategy to achieve bovine tuberculosis-free status for England within the next 25 years.
The strategy aims to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in England and to achieve Officially Bovine Tuberculosis Free (OTF) status.
Defra’s response to the report by the Independent Expert Panel on the pilot badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire.
AHWBE Recommendation on a 3 stage process for reinforcing the current disease control regime for camelids and other non-bovine species.
Summary of the TB science workshop help on the 25 April 2013 and presentations from the event.
The final report of the Bovine TB Risk Based Trading Group.
Executive summary (interim) of independent evaluation of the AHWBE, commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Recommendation to agree the proposed changes to cattle movement controls for bovine tuberculosis, from the TB Eradication Advisory Group (TBEAG).
Open discussion on bovine tuberculosis: request from the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England and the Bovine TB Eradication Advisory Group.
Recommendation to agree the proposed approach to securing continued EU approval and funding for the Bovine TB Eradication Plan.
Details of the modular syllabus and topics which must be included in a training course and the information that must be submitted to Defra to gain approval.
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