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Bovine TB: Culling trial - External audit

The trial has been subject to a number of independent audits which have been published together with a Departmental response. The audits have covered:

The effectiveness of the surveying for badger setts

• Cresswell, W. Report of the Independent Audit of Surveying and Badger Social Group Territory Delineation Procedures in the Randomised Badger Culling Trial and MAFF’s response. MAFF Publications, PB5497, 2001 (London)

• Government response

• Cresswell, W. Report of the Independent Audit of the randomised badger culling trial - a repeat audit of surveying. (161 KB)

• Executive Summary of the repeat audit of surveying. (71 KB)

• Cresswell, W. Report of the Independent Audit of the effectiveness of trapping procedures in the randomised badger culling trial. (222 KB)

• Executive Summary of the audit of trapping procedures in the randomised badger culling trial. (77 KB)

The statistical validity of the trial

• Mollison, D. First Report of the Statistical Auditor on the Badger Culling Trial. MAFF Publications, PB5385, 2000 (London).

• Mollison, D. 2004 Report of the Statistical Auditor on the Badger Culling Trial (229 KB).

• Mollison, D. 2005 Report of the Statistical Auditor on the Badger Culling Trial (64 KB).
• Mollison, D. 2007 Final Report of the Statistical Auditor on the Badger Culling Trial (80 KB).

Badger post mortem procedures

• Hall, G. Report of the Independent Auditor on the badger post mortem procedures used in the Randomised Badger Culling Trial and Defra’s response (229 KB) Defra Publications. PB9702, 2004 (London).

Bacteriological culture procedures

• Corbel, M. Report of the independent audit of bacteriological culture carried out on tissue samples collected during the randomised badger culling trial and Defra’s response (212 KB) PB10204, Defra, 2004 (London).

The humaneness of badger dispatch procedures

• Kirkwood, J.K. Report of the Independent Auditor on the Humaneness of the Despatch Procedures used in the Randomised Badger Culling Trial and MAFF’s Response. MAFF Publications, PB5325, 2000 (London).

• Ewbank, R. Report of the second independent auditor on the humaneness of dispatch procedures used in the Randomised Badger Culling trial and Defra’s response. (122 KB). Defra Publications, PB8253, 2003 (London).

• Ewbank, R. Report of the third independent audit on the humaneness of dispatch procedures used in the Randomised Badger Culling trial and Defra’s response. (334 KB). PB9957, 2004, Defra 2004 (London).

• Anderson, J. Report of the fourth independent audit on the humaneness of dispatch procedures used in the randomised badger culling trial and Defra’s response. (155 KB) PB11329, Defra 2005 (London).
  
  
• Anderson, J. Report of the fifth independent audit on the humaneness of dispatch procedures used in the Randomised Badger Culling Trial and Defra’s response (243 KB) PB11908, Defra 2006 (London).

TB 99 Epidemiological Questionnaire

• Wahl, M. 2003 First Audit of the TB 99 Epidemiological Questionnaire Process and Defra's Response. Defra Publications, PB 9839, 2003 (London). (557 KB)

• Wahl, M. 2005 Second Audit of the TB 99 Epidemiological Questionnaire Process. (83 KB)

CCS2005 Epidemiological Questionnaire

• Wahl, M. 2006 Audit of the CCS2005 Study (408 KB)

Audit of RBCT administrative data and Defra's response

Defra's response to the independent audit on the quality and completeness of data collection in the Randomised Badger Culling Trial (585 KB)

Page last modified: 23 October 2007
Page published: 5 February 2003

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