Bern convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats - Tuberculosis in cattle and badgers
List of current TB research projects.
Annex 2
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PROJECT
TITLE |
START DATE |
TOTAL COSTS (£) |
| A |
Generation of vaccine candidates against Mycobacterium bovis VLA |
01/04/99 |
1,566,005 |
| B |
Testing of vaccine candidates for bovine tuberculosis using a low dose aerosol challenge guinea pig model VLA |
01/07/99 |
1,068,045 |
| C |
Testing TB vaccines in cattle VLA |
01/04/99 |
1,316,635 |
| D |
Development of badger vaccines VLA |
01/04/99 |
304,250 |
| E |
Antigen presenting cells and T cell responses to Mycobacterium bovis IAH |
01/04/99 |
1,200,000 |
| F |
Development of badger immunological reagents VLA |
01/04/99 |
419,560 |
| G |
Genome sequence analysis of Mycobacterium bovis VLA |
01/01/99 |
875,101 |
| H |
Development of a turf model to assess the biological control of Mycobacterium bovis using myco-bacteriophage CAMR |
01/07/99 |
80,000 |
| I |
The effect on viability of Mycobacterium bovis of freezing samples prior to cultural testing VLA |
01/09/98 |
30,872 |
| J |
Improved diagnostics for cattle VLA |
01/04/99 |
511,347 |
| K |
Cost-effectiveness of using the gamma interferon test in herds with multiple tuberculin reactors VLA |
01/04/00 |
26,950 |
| L |
Development and evaluation of strain typing methods for Mycobacterium bovis VLA |
01/09/99 |
1,124,682 |
| M |
Detection and enumeration of Mycobacterium bovis from clinical and environmental samples VLA |
01/04/99 |
297,046 |
| N |
Mycobacterium bovis pathogenesis IAH, Queen's Univ Belfast, VLA |
01/07/00 |
2,440,159 |
| O |
Pathogenesis and diagnosis of tuberculosis in cattle - complementary field studies VLA |
01/10/00 |
1,800,000 estimate |
| P |
A spatial analysis using GIS of risk factors associated with TB incidents in cattle herds in England and Wales VLA |
01/01/99 |
188,373 |
| Q |
Ecological correlates of tuberculosis incidence in cattle Warwick Univ |
16/08/99 |
374,181 |
| R |
Multivariate analysis of risk factors affecting incidence of TB infection in cattle Royal Veterinary College |
10/05/99 |
37,563 |
| S |
Multivariate analysis of risk factors affecting tuberculosis incidence in cattle herds - phase 1 VLA |
01/04/99 |
137,479 |
| T |
Quantification of the risk of transmission of bovine TB from badgers to cattle within localised areas VLA |
01/04/99 |
167,504 |
| U |
Integrated modelling of M. bovis transmission in badgers and cattle CSL |
01/04/99 |
890,769 |
| V |
The risk to cattle from Mycobacterium bovis infection in wildlife species other than badgers Oxford Univ |
01/05/99 |
998,803 |
| W |
The risk to cattle from wildlife species other than badgers in areas of high herd breakdown risk CSL |
01/01/00 |
608,095 |
| X |
Understanding the route of TB transmission from badgers to cattle Bristol Univ |
01/10/99 |
266,942 |
| Y |
The potential of ticks as vectors of Mycobacterium bovis Oxford Univ |
01/01/00 |
49,942 |
| Z |
Develop innovative methods to estimate badger population density CSL |
01/04/99 |
882,089 |
| AA |
Novel methods of estimating badger numbers in the wider countryside Bristol Univ |
01/10/99 |
230,426 |
| BB |
An integrated study of perturbation, population estimation, modelling and risk Oxford Univ |
01/04/99 |
1,252,592 |
| CC |
A molecular genetic analysis of badger social structure and bovine tuberculosis CSL |
01/01/00 |
766,069 |
| DD |
Ecological consequences of removing badgers from an eco-system CSL |
01/02/99 |
1,000,810 |
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Total Research Cost |
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20,912,289 |
Contractor Key: CAMR - Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research CSL - Central Science Laboratory IAH - Institute of Animal Health VLA - Veterinary Laboratories Agency
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12 August 2003
Page published: 5 February 2003