Scottish Government

Preparing for a new GB strategy on bovine tuberculosis

February 2004

A consultation document issued by the Scottish Executive Environment
and Rural Affairs Department

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and
The Welsh Assembly Government are issuing parallel consultations.

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CONTENTS

Covering Letter

Executive Summary

1 Purpose of the document

2 Summary of issues on which we are looking for your input

PART ONE

3 Review of the TB Strategy
3.1 What is the Government's current approach on bovine TB
3.2 The Regulatory framework
3.3 What is the current status of the 5 point plan?
3.4 What is it costing?

4 A new approach
4.1 What are the challenges?
4.2 Towards a new TB Strategy
4.3 Establishing a vision for bovine TB
4.4 Rationale for Government intervention
4.5 Balancing costs, benefits and risks
4.6 Development of future policies
4.7 Badger management control
4.8 What role could vaccines play
4.9 Improved diagnostics

PART TWO

5 Short Term Measures
5.1 Background
5.2 Increasing the efficiency and transparency of TB surveillance
5.3 Control of spread of TB from high to low risk areas
5.4 Revision of the TB Order

ANNEXES

A Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment
B Regulatory Framework
C Altering TB Testing Frequencies
D Draft TB Order

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