Brian will be attending the BADGER AND CATTLE VACCINTION INITIATIVE (BACVI) Badger TB Conference on Thursday 3 October with Jon Snow Chair. Some tickets are still available.
TICKETS can be bought online at £40 HERE.
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ZSL London Zoo., entitled Vaccination in the control of Bovine TB. It will be held on October 3rd.
Chairing on the day will be Jon Snow and Professor David McDonald.
The one-day event, with speakers who are leading experts from academic, government and charitable organisations, will explore the principles behind vaccination and practical use in the field.
Principal topics will include:
– How vaccines work at the individual and population levels.
– Recent uses of vaccination for disease control and elimination in wild and domestic animals.
– Practical low cost deployment of injected badger vaccination.
– Development of oral badger vaccines.
– Current status and prospects for cattle vaccination against Bovine TB.
– Followed by discussion and debate with a panel drawn from the main speakers and other experts.
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
10.00am Introduction and Welcome
Jon Snow, journalist and broadcaster
10:05: Opening remarksProf David Macdonald CBE DSc FRSE
Director, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, University of Oxford Chair, Science Advisory Committee, Natural England
SESSION 1: THE SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF BADGER VACCINATIONChairman: Jon Snow
10:15: Comparing the epidemiological effects of badger vaccination and cullingProf Rosie Woodroffe, Zoological Society of London
10:35: Badger vaccine development and efficacyDr Mark Chambers, Animal Health-Veterinary Laboratories Agency
10:55: Development of oral badger vaccinesDr Eamonn Gormley, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Dublin
11:15: Coffee
11:30: Badger vaccination – impacts and implementation in the fieldDr Gavin Wilson, Wildlife Programme, Animal Health-Veterinary Laboratories Agency
11:50: Badger vaccination – practicalities of using injectable vaccinesDr Gordon McGlone OBE, former CEO of Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
SESSION 2: THE SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF CATTLE VACCINATIONChairman: Jon Snow
12:10: Cattle vaccine development for the UKSpeaker to be confirmed
12:30: The development of a test to differentiate infected from vaccinated animalsProf Cath Rees, Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Nottingham
12:50: Lunch
SESSION 3: BOVINE TB VACCINATION POLICY
Chairman: Prof David Macdonald
14:00: Developing policy for the use of TB vaccines in badgers and cattle in England
Stephen Cane, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
14:30: Developing policy for the use of TB vaccines in badgers and cattle in Wales
Prof Christianne Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer, Welsh Government
15:00 Tea
Session 4: DISCUSSION FORUM
Chairman: Prof David Macdonald
15:15 PanelDiscussion
All speakers
16:30 Meeting closes