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Bovine TB: First TB Advisory Group meeting - Friday 7 March 2008

Meeting agenda

1.   Chairman’s Welcome and Introductions

2.   Overview of TB epidemiology;

  • disease trends/stats
  • a case study: analysis of change in tuberculin
  • research projects:
  • the problem TB herd
  • predictive modelling in collaboration with Environmental Research Group Oxford (ERGO)  

3.    Overview of improved diagnostics, including gamma interferon and PCR

4.    Overview of vaccines work

5.    Overview of CSL work;

  • distance sampling

6.     Woodchester Park study: project scale, aims and main findings

7.     Cost effectiveness of Farm Husbandry measures

8.      Modelling
         
9.      Sum up and close


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