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9:15 |
Opening remarks |
Professor Lord Krebs Kt FRS FMed Sci |
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9:30 |
Bovine TB: A Strategic Overview |
Professor Ian Boyd BSc PhD DSc FSB FSRE, Defra |
9:45 |
Section I: Cattle-based controls Chair: Rosie Woodroffe |
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9:45 |
Performance of the current cattle tests |
Prof James Wood, University of Cambridge |
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10:00 |
Welsh approach to TB eradication |
Prof Christianne Glossop, Welsh Government |
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10:15 |
Improving cattle controls: insights from Scotland |
Prof Rowland Kao, University of Glasgow |
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10:30 |
Improving cattle controls: new diagnostic tests? |
Dr Cath Rees, University of Nottingham |
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10:45 |
TB Management at the front line: a veterinary perspective |
Richard Sibley BVSc HonFRCVS, West Ridge Veterinary Practice |
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11:00 |
Coffee |
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11:30 |
Section II: Controlling badger population - Chair: Glyn Hewinson |
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11:30 |
The Randomised Badger Culling Trial |
Prof Christl Donnelly, Imperial College |
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11:45 |
Effectiveness & humaneness of farmer-led culls |
Prof Tim Coulson, University of Oxford |
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12:00 |
Incidence of bovine TB in Somerset and Gloucestershire cull areas in Year 2 of industry-led badger culls |
Dr Lucy Brunton BSc (hons) PhD, APHA |
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12:15 |
Replacing badger culling with vaccination in Ireland |
James O'Keeffe, DAFM |
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12:30 |
Modelling the effects of localised badger culling |
Dr Graham Smith, APHA |
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12:45 |
PCR-guided badger culling: could it work? |
Prof Liz Wellington, University of Warwick Molecular |
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13:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 |
Section III: Vaccination - Chair: Christl Donnelly |
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14:00 |
Cattle vaccination in Britain |
Prof Glyn Hewinson, APHA |
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14:15 |
Badger Vaccination in Britain |
Dr Freya Smith, APHA |
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14:30 |
Badger vaccination in the Republic of Ireland |
Prof Eamonn Gormley, University College Dublin |
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14:45 |
Test & vaccinate/remove in Northern Ireland |
Dr Fraser Menzies, DAERA |
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15:00 |
Section IV: Farm biosecurity Chair: Dr Brian May |
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15:00 |
Improving cattle controls: risk-based trading |
Dr Amie Adkin, APHA |
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15:15 |
Interactions between badgers and cattle |
Prof Rosie Woodroffe, Institute of Zoology |
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15:30 |
How relevant is New Zealand to TB control in the UK |
Dr Gareth Enticott, Cardiff University |
15:45 |
Section V: Developing Policy Introduced by Dr Brian May |
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15:45 |
The TB control strategy for England |
Nigel Gibbens, UK Chief Veterinary Officer |
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16:00 |
Tea/coffee |
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16:30 |
Panel Discussion: How should these new insights inform TB control policy? - Chair: Lord Krebs |
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Panel: Prof Sheila Bird (formerly, Medical Research Council), Prof John Bourne (formerly, Institute of Animal Health), Professor Ian Boyd BSc PhD DSc FSB FSRE (Defra), Prof Neil Ferguson (Imperial College) Prof Christianne Glossop (Welsh Government), Dr Brian May (Save Me Trust) Prof James Wood (University of Cambridge) James O'Keeffe (DAFM) Ian McGrath |
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17:45 |
Closing statement and summary by Lord Krebs |
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