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Bovine TB: Terms of Reference of the ISG

Please note: the ISG has now closed.

To advise Ministers on implementation of the Krebs Report on bovine TB in cattle and badgers by:

  • Overseeing the design and analysis of the randomised trial to test the effectiveness of badger culling as a means of controlling bovine TB;
  • Regularly monitoring the progress of, and outputs from, the experiment and assessing any important differences in results between treatments;
  • Monitoring the data on Bovine TB in areas and species outside the experiment;
  • Reporting to Ministers on progress; and
  • Advising, as requested, on related issues.

 

   
 

Page last modified: 12 August 2003
Page published: 5 February 2003

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