Bovine TB: Publications
- Advice for farmers
- Parish Testing Intervals
- Badger Road Traffic Accident survey maps
- Bern convention
- Krebs
Advice for farmers
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1.
TB in Cattle - Reducing the
Risk: Pre- and Post- movement testing in Great Britain (May 2007)
(242 KB). This booklet explains the requirements for pre- and post- movement
testing in England, Scotland and Wales - PB12494. A Welsh version 
(253 KB) is also available - PB12494W.
2.
Dealing with TB in your herd (May 2008)
(195 KB) - a booklet for farmers explaining what will happen when they
have a case of TB in their cattle herd. This booklet is only available online. A Welsh
version
(281 KB) is also available.
3. TB in cattle: Changes
to testing and controls (Autumn 2004) (November 2004)
(285 KB) - PB10070. A Welsh
(426 KB) version is available - PB10070W.
4. Do you know what’s
happening in your feed store? (February 2007)
(1.98 MB - Please note this is a large file). Advice on husbandry best practice to help reduce the risk of
bovine TB transmission between cattle and badgers. PB124747C.
5. Bovine TB: Do you know how to reduce your risk? (May 2007) (797 KB). Advice on husbandry best practice to help reduce the risk of bovine TB transmission between cattle. PB12590.
Copies of booklets 1, 4 and 5 can be obtained from Defra Publications, Admail 6000, London, SW1A 2XX. Email: defra@cambertown.com. Phone: 08459 556000. When calling, please quote the reference number of the publication you require.
Parish Testing Intervals
Information on current Parish Testing Intervals (PTIs) is available on the Animal Health (formerly SVS) website.
Badger Road Traffic Accident (RTA) survey maps
The maps below show the locations and disease status of badgers collected
outside Randomised Badger Culling Trial
(RBCT) areas under the RTA.
The Independent Scientific Group on Cattle
TB (ISG) has advised that it is a fundamental principle of scientific
trials that data must not be released prematurely since that could compromise
the subsequent integrity of the trials and that no data should be released
from the RBCT trial areas which could discourage farmers' willingness
to participate in the RBCT, or encourage either illegal killing of badgers
or interference with RBCT operations. So data on results of culture for
Mycobacterium bovis from individual badgers in trial areas have
not been released, and for RBCT areas, are indicated with a fraction giving
the number of positive badgers over the total number of badgers collected
within the trial area.
Some of the symbols on the maps appear on top of each other, and therefore
it is difficult to estimate prevalence precisely by eye. The ISG has published
the RTA prevalence data
(36 KB).
Post Mortem examination results and approximate locations of RTA badgers collected between:
Bern convention
- September 2000 - MAFF's latest report to the Bern Convention
- July 1999 - MAFF's submission to the Bern Convention.
Krebs
- Executive Summary: Bovine Tuberculosis in Cattle and Badgers, Report to The Rt Hon Dr Jack Cunningham MP - the Krebs Report. The full report is no longer in print.
- The Government's Response to The Krebs Report on Bovine Tuberculosis in Cattle and Badgers.
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