NFU Deputy President Minette Batters opened the conference. Speakers at the event included Defra’s Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Ian Boyd; Professor Glyn Hewinson, lead scientist for TB at the Animal and Plant Health Agency; Professor Christianne Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales; and Gareth Enticott, senior lecturer in the School of Planning and Geography at Cardiff University.
Speakers and subjects:
Bovine TB: the science-policy challenges
Professor Ian Boyd, Chief Scientific Adviser for Defra - download presentation
The science behind diagnosis
Glyn Hewinson, Lead Scientist for TB, Animal and Plant Health Agency
The Enferplex test and the role of serology in TB diagnosis
Alastair Hayton, Synergy Farm Health Ltd.
With Gordon Harkiss and Neil Watt - download presentation
Magic Bullets or Incremental Gain: what do we need for bovine TB controls?
Andrew Conlan, University of Cambridge - download presentation
Using current tools better (gaps, persistent breakdowns…)
Defra TB Programme - download presentation
Y Frwydr Yn Erbyn TB (The Battle Against TB)
Christianne Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer Wales - download presentation
Detecting bTB in badger faeces using DNA testing
Paul Debenham, LGC Director of Innovation and Development - download presentation
Cattle BCG and DIVA
Glyn Hewinson, Lead Scientist for TB, Animal and Plant Health Agency
Oral badger vaccination: an overview
Mark Chambers, Animal and Plant Health Agency - download presentation
Managing bTB risks at the farm level – challenges and opportunities:
Preventing and controlling bTB is not just black and white.
Dick Sibley and Peter Orpin, VetCo, MyHealthyHerd - download presentation
What Social Science tells us about bovine TB
Gareth Enticott, Cardiff University