Bovine TB Questionnaire

[jamespilbeam]

As a six form student at De Lisle College, Leicestershire, I have chosen to take on an additional qualification to my A-Levels, to produce an Extended Project. Because I have a determination to become a vet, I am going to be researching, writing up, and presenting about bTB, with my question being: ‘Can badgers be blamed for the transmission on bTB in British cattle?’
I was wondering whether, as cattle farmers, you would be able to fill in this confidential questionnaire which will take only 60 seconds, and share your experiences and views on this devastating disease and the associated badger cull
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JX7S6BV
Many Thanks,
James Pilbeam

 

[Alicecow]

Do you want just UK farmers views or everybody?

 

[jamespilbeam]

Do you want just UK farmers views or everybody?

anyone and everyone's views would be fantastic. I've put a 'rest of Europe' option which may be more appropriate

 

[Alicecow]

anyone and everyone's views would be fantastic. I've put a 'rest of Europe' option which may be more appropriate

Don't forget 'rest of world'

 

[jamespilbeam]

Will add it on now does the questionnaire work ok?

 

[Alicecow]

Haven't done it yet

Fair play to you wanting to be a vet.
Take a look round on here, there's lots of interesting threads, including about bTB.

 

[jamespilbeam]

Haven't done it yet

Fair play to you wanting to be a vet.
Take a look round on here, there's lots of interesting threads, including about bTB.

Thanks, I've had a brief look but there's so much good stuff!

 

[matthew]

Done - with a few choice comments at the end

I would just add that the eradication of a grade 3 zoonotic pathogen, is not a battle between sentinel tested cattle and the maintenance host of disease - badgers. It is about the disease itself. And that should be the focus.

Matt.

www.bovinetb.blogspot.com

 

[jamespilbeam]

Done - with a few choice comments at the end

I would just add that the eradication of a grade 3 zoonotic pathogen, is not a battle between sentinel tested cattle and the maintenance host of disease - badgers. It is about the disease itself. And that should be the focus.

Matt.

www.bovinetb.blogspot.com

Thanks for filling out the questionnaire and for the link Matt. Yeah I think the future for bTB is actually looking at the bacteria and creating more affordable vaccinations

 

[Princess Pooper]

As a six form student at De Lisle College, Leicestershire, I have chosen to take on an additional qualification to my A-Levels, to produce an Extended Project. Because I have a determination to become a vet, I am going to be researching, writing up, and presenting about bTB, with my question being: ‘Can badgers be blamed for the transmission on bTB in British cattle?’
I was wondering whether, as cattle farmers, you would be able to fill in this confidential questionnaire which will take only 60 seconds, and share your experiences and views on this devastating disease and the associated badger cull
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JX7S6BV
Many Thanks,
James Pilbeam

Good on you for choosing a challenging topic. We had a 6th former doing work experience here 8 years ago and she chose bovine TB for an extended project too and is now a qualified vet! Good luck. You need to think about 2 aspects: how TB gets into a previously unaffected herd and then how individual animals within that herd become exposed to it - the two may not be the same.

 

[jamespilbeam]

Thank you, I just think it's such a relevant and important issue that needs to be resolved ASAP. Also thanks for the info, I'll definitely look into those a little more

 

[Bruce Almighty]

We all know badgers cause TB in cattle, history has proven it.

I also posted Matthew's link

 

[jamespilbeam]

We all know badgers cause TB in cattle, history has proven it.

I also posted Matthew's link

Yeah, 95% of those who've done my questionnaire agree. When I've been doing my researching, I came across the Brunton Report: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.3254/full which I found really useful and also supports your point.

 

[Henarar]

Done
but it wouldn't make good reading for the government who's fault the whole thing is

 

[Water Wheel]

I think your survey mentioned vaccination, here is a quote form the W.H.O. it does refer to human TB(Mycobacterium tuberculosis) not bovine , but that's what the vaccine was developed for 80 years ago, since then a huge amount of work, world wide, has gone into developing a better vaccine, so far without success.

http://www.who.int/biologicals/areas/vaccines/bcg/en/

"The bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine has existed for 80 years and is one of the most widely used of all current vaccines, reading >80%of neonates and infants in countries where it is part of the national childhood immunization programme. BCG vaccine has a documented protective effect against meningitis and disseminated TB in children. It does not prevent primary infection and, more importantly, does not prevent reactivation of latent pulmonary infection, the principal source of bacillary spread in the community. The impact of BCG vaccination on transmission of Mtb is therefore limited."


The W.H.O. also has a Roadmap for Zoonotic Tuberculosis which calls for the eradication of all TB.

http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/259229/1/9789241513043-eng.pdf?ua=1

“The time is right for a bold and concerted effort to collectively address zoonotic and bovine TB, framed within the multidisciplinary United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2016–2030 and WHO’s End TB Strategy which seek to end the global TB epidemic by 2030. The Strategy calls for diagnosis and treatment of every person with TB, and this must include zoonotic TB”

 

[Hampton]

I haven't filled in questionnaire yet, but will do it later tonight.
I would highly recommend emailing Proffessor Jim Scudamore at the university of Liverpool as he used to be chief vet for Defra and on the steering group.
It would give both a balanced and highly professional opinion.

 

[jamespilbeam]

I haven't filled in questionnaire yet, but will do it later tonight.
I would highly recommend emailing Proffessor Jim Scudamore at the university of Liverpool as he used to be chief vet for Defra and on the steering group.
It would give both a balanced and highly professional opinion.

Thank you for this, I will send an email off tomorrow

I think your survey mentioned vaccination, here is a quote form the W.H.O. it does refer to human TB(Mycobacterium tuberculosis) not bovine , but that's what the vaccine was developed for 80 years ago, since then a huge amount of work, world wide, has gone into developing a better vaccine, so far without success.

http://www.who.int/biologicals/areas/vaccines/bcg/en/

"The bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine has existed for 80 years and is one of the most widely used of all current vaccines, reading >80%of neonates and infants in countries where it is part of the national childhood immunization programme. BCG vaccine has a documented protective effect against meningitis and disseminated TB in children. It does not prevent primary infection and, more importantly, does not prevent reactivation of latent pulmonary infection, the principal source of bacillary spread in the community. The impact of BCG vaccination on transmission of Mtb is therefore limited."


The W.H.O. also has a Roadmap for Zoonotic Tuberculosis which calls for the eradication of all TB.

http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/259229/1/9789241513043-eng.pdf?ua=1

“The time is right for a bold and concerted effort to collectively address zoonotic and bovine TB, framed within the multidisciplinary United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2016–2030 and WHO’s End TB Strategy which seek to end the global TB epidemic by 2030. The Strategy calls for diagnosis and treatment of every person with TB, and this must include zoonotic TB”

I think your survey mentioned vaccination, here is a quote form the W.H.O. it does refer to human TB(Mycobacterium tuberculosis) not bovine , but that's what the vaccine was developed for 80 years ago, since then a huge amount of work, world wide, has gone into developing a better vaccine, so far without success.

http://www.who.int/biologicals/areas/vaccines/bcg/en/

"The bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine has existed for 80 years and is one of the most widely used of all current vaccines, reading >80%of neonates and infants in countries where it is part of the national childhood immunization programme. BCG vaccine has a documented protective effect against meningitis and disseminated TB in children. It does not prevent primary infection and, more importantly, does not prevent reactivation of latent pulmonary infection, the principal source of bacillary spread in the community. The impact of BCG vaccination on transmission of Mtb is therefore limited."


The W.H.O. also has a Roadmap for Zoonotic Tuberculosis which calls for the eradication of all TB.

http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/259229/1/9789241513043-eng.pdf?ua=1

“The time is right for a bold and concerted effort to collectively address zoonotic and bovine TB, framed within the multidisciplinary United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2016–2030 and WHO’s End TB Strategy which seek to end the global TB epidemic by 2030. The Strategy calls for diagnosis and treatment of every person with TB, and this must include zoonotic TB”

Thank you so much for this, it's really really useful

 

[matthew]

Thanks for filling out the questionnaire and for the link Matt. Yeah I think the future for bTB is actually looking at the bacteria and creating more affordable vaccinations

You’ve made your mind up then? That’ s disappointing.
BCG is not expensive. It just does not prevent TB.

In badgers, have a look at the latest from Ireland on vaccination.

http://bovinetb.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/infectivity-of-vaccinated-badgers.html

 

[jamespilbeam]

You’ve made your mind up then? That’ s disappointing.
BCG is not expensive. It just does not prevent TB.

In badgers, have a look at the latest from Ireland on vaccination.

http://bovinetb.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/infectivity-of-vaccinated-badgers.html

Sorry, I get you now. I think that what Dr Fenwick says makes a lot of sense.

 

[Essex boy]

We have Done . Good luck with your studies.