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Terms of Reference
REPORT OVERVIEW
1 INTRODUCTION
History of the inquiry
2 BACKGROUND
Cattle TB in Great Britain
TB in the wildlife reservoir
Cost of the disease
The Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB
Vaccines
3 CONCLUSIONS OF THE ISG
Results of the RBCT
Reactive culling
Proactive culling
Culling under licence
Cattle-based measures
Operational structures within Defra
Communication between the ISG and Ministers
Commissioning of the King Report
Conclusions of the King Report
Comparison of the ISG and King reports
Areas of disagreement
Areas of agreement between King and the ISG
What is still unknown about badgers and Cattle TB
How the disease is transmitted
Farm-based risk factors
Perturbation and the "edge effect"
Levels of infection
Lack of a clear strategy to tackle Cattle TB
Advice to Defra
4 WHAT THE GOVERNMENT'S CATTLE TB STRATEGY MUST INCLUDE
Cattle-based control measures
Tackling risks from the wildlife reservoir
Animal husbandry and biosecurity
Culling
Compensation paid for slaughtered animals
5 CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ANNEX - CATTLE TB IN NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
FORMAL MINUTES
WITNESSES
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE
LIST OF REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE DURING THE CURRENT PARLIAMENT MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 130-II) Monday 18 June 2007 Wednesday 20 June 2007 Monday 15 October 2007 Wednesday 24 October 2007 Monday 26 November 2007 Monday 10 December 2007 WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 130-II)