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Badgers And Cattle Tb

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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
language : en
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Release Date : 2008-02-27

Badgers And Cattle Tb written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and has been published by The Stationery Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-27 with Science categories.

Cattle TB is one of the most serious animal health problems in Great Britain today, with the number of infected cattle doubling every four and a half years, and nearly 20,000 being slaughtered in 2006. The cost of the disease to the taxpayer (£80-100 million a year) and to the farming industry is unsustainable. The introduction of a new system of valuations for slaughtered cattle has proved inequitable in many cases. The final report from the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB concluded that badger culling could not meaningfully contribute to the future control of cattle TB in Britain. This conclusion was contradicted by Sir David King, the then Government Chief Scientific Adviser (though he had not discussed findings with the ISG). The Committee believes there is no simple solution that will control cattle TB. The Government should adopt a strategy that includes: more frequent cattle testing; the evaluation of post-movement cattle testing; greater communication with farmers on the benefits of biosecurity measures; the deployment of badger and cattle vaccines when they become available in the future; and continued work on the epidemiology of the disease. Under certain well-defined circumstances it is possible that badger culling could make a contribution towards the reduction in incidence of cattle TB in hot spot areas. Any cull should be licensed by English Nature and: be done competently and efficiently; be coordinated; cover as large an area as possible (265km² or more is the minimum needed to be 95% confident of an overall beneficial effect); be sustained for at least four years; and be in areas which have "hard" or "soft" boundaries where possible. Crucial gaps in the knowledge about cattle TB and the way it spreads remain, and more research is needed. Defra needs more funding from the Treasury to pay for the Committee recommendations.

Badgers And Cattle Tb

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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
language : en
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Release Date : 2008-02-27

Badgers And Cattle Tb written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and has been published by The Stationery Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-27 with Political Science categories.

Incorporating HC 725, session 2006-07 not previously published

Badgers Cattle And Tuberculosis

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Author : Solly Baron Zuckerman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980

Badgers Cattle And Tuberculosis written by Solly Baron Zuckerman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Nature categories.

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Vermin Victims And Disease

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Author : Angela Cassidy
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2019-09-25

Vermin Victims And Disease written by Angela Cassidy and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-25 with History categories.

This open access book provides the first critical history of the controversy over whether to cull wild badgers to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in British cattle. This question has plagued several professional generations of politicians, policymakers, experts and campaigners since the early 1970s. Questions of what is known, who knows, who cares, who to trust and what to do about this complex problem have been the source of scientific, policy, and increasingly vociferous public debate ever since. This book integrates contemporary history, science and technology studies, human-animal relations, and policy research to conduct a cross-cutting analysis. It explores the worldviews of those involved with animal health, disease ecology and badger protection between the 1970s and 1990s, before reintegrating them to investigate the recent public polarisation of the controversy. Finally it asks how we might move beyond the current impasse.

Thinking Through Badgers

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Author : Stephan Price
language : en
Publisher: Vernon Press
Release Date : 2020-10-06

Thinking Through Badgers written by Stephan Price and has been published by Vernon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-06 with Political Science categories.

Bovine tuberculosis is seriously damaging the UK dairy and beef industry. Many farmers believe culling badgers must be part of the solution, but in 2013 a record 300,000 people signed a Downing Street petition asking the government to stop planned culls of badgers in Somerset and Gloucestershire, fuelling media controversy and signalling the beginning of a social conflict that was acted out in studios, streets, fields and village halls across England. The four-year trial culls, which began that year, aimed to establish that culling was a viable way of tackling the disease, but the widely divergent experiences and values of policy-makers, farming, conservation and animal welfare supporters means that decades of science on the disease in badgers and the effects of culling has not helped resolve the dispute. Reporting on original, UK research council-funded social science, this book takes on the challenge of understanding the contrasting views involved. Listening carefully to what the different protagonists have to say, the book unpicks the way science is interpreted to sustain differing conclusions, and considers how social science thinking could contribute. The book develops a critical perspective on the increasingly important literature influenced by new materialism, the social science response to the Science Wars, and explores the extent to which a social movement around opposition to the culls is emerging. In approachable prose, this access-all-areas account describes the struggle to develop understanding through the messy process of research and the difficulties of scientific analysis and philosophical thought. As such, it provides a valuable resource for both research practitioners and teachers within the social sciences, as well as an accessible way for biological scientists, conservationists and farmers to reflect on the issues around the management of disease in livestock and wildlife.

Bovine Tb

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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
language : en
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Release Date : 2006-03-15

Bovine Tb written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and has been published by The Stationery Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-15 with Political Science categories.

Bovine TB : Badger culling, sixth report of session 2005-06, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence

Badgers And Bovine Tuberculosis

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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Agriculture Committee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-01

Badgers And Bovine Tuberculosis written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Agriculture Committee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01 with categories.

This report is a follow up to the Fifth Report from the Agriculture Committee, session 1998-99 Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis HC 233. This report highlights the key issues arising from a meeting with the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB (ISG) and Baroness Hayman of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF). Following the recommendation of the Krebs report, three different badger control methods are being compared, including pro-active culling, reactive culling following the discovery of bovine TB in herds, and surveys. Whilst the timetable for these trials has slipped, a delay described as regrettable in the report, the Committee reiterates its support for the trial as the only feasible way of obtaining the information essential to establishing the relationship between bovine TB in cattle and badgers and whether culling is a viable policy option, and reaffirms its belief that it is in the wider interests of the farming community, as well as in the long-term interests of conservation and animal welfare organisations, to co-operate fully with the trial. The report urges MAFF to consider the possible policy options once the results of the trial are known as a period of contemplation, following the delays in the trial, would be wholly unacceptable. It is possible that the trial period may have to extend beyond its current scope or end date in order to obtain clear results. It is emphasised that it is the responsibility of MAFF, not of the ISG, to make the ultimate decisions.

Thinking Through Badgers

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Author : Stephan Price
language : en
Publisher: Vernon Press
Release Date : 2017-01-03

Thinking Through Badgers written by Stephan Price and has been published by Vernon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-03 with Social Science categories.

Bovine tuberculosis is seriously damaging the UK dairy and beef industry. Many farmers believe culling badgers must be part of the solution, but in 2013 a record 300,000 people signed a Downing Street petition asking the government to stop planned culls of badgers in Somerset and Gloucestershire, fuelling media controversy and signalling the beginning of a social conflict that was acted out in studios, streets, fields and village halls across England. The four-year trial culls, which began that year, aimed to establish that culling was a viable way of tackling the disease, but the widely divergent experiences and values of policy-makers, farming, conservation and animal welfare supporters means that decades of science on the disease in badgers and the effects of culling has not helped resolve the dispute. Reporting on original, UK research council-funded social science, this book takes on the challenge of understanding the contrasting views involved. Listening carefully to what the different protagonists have to say, the book unpicks the way science is interpreted to sustain differing conclusions, and considers how social science thinking could contribute. The book develops a critical perspective on the increasingly important literature influenced by new materialism, the social science response to the Science Wars, and explores the extent to which a social movement around opposition to the culls is emerging. In approachable prose, this access-all-areas account describes the struggle to develop understanding through the messy process of research and the difficulties of scientific analysis and philosophical thought. As such, it provides a valuable resource for both research practitioners and teachers within the social sciences, as well as an accessible way for biological scientists, conservationists and farmers to reflect on the issues around the management of disease in livestock and wildlife.

Badgers Without Bias

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Author : Robert W. Howard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981

Badgers Without Bias written by Robert W. Howard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Medical categories.

Badgers And Bovine Tb

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Author : Food and Rural Environment Staff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Badgers And Bovine Tb written by Food and Rural Environment Staff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.

This report examines a number of issues regarding the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle, including: recent developments in the Government's TB control strategy, the impact of the disease on the farming industry, scientific research relating to the spread of the disease by badgers (particularly the Krebs review) and the progress being made on the development of a vaccine. Conclusions drawn include: that DEFRA should take time before implementing its control strategy in order to identify possible lessons from past responses to animal disease outbreaks; and that the farming industry should develop proposals for improved husbandry methods which will need to be adequately financed by the government. Better dissemination of good husbandry practice amongst farmers is also required to help counter the spread of the disease. The clearing of the backlog of tests is the priority for the time-being. The Committee supports the Government's decision not to sanction badger culling outside trial areas until full results are known.