tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post7507635942507502257..comments2023-07-15T10:28:46.810+01:00Comments on Bovine TB: Defra on VaccinationRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561483930556493363noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post-85357441315579092312009-08-01T18:15:56.070+01:002009-08-01T18:15:56.070+01:00We agree that vaccinating badgers in areas where c...We agree that vaccinating badgers in areas where cattle tests indicate little or no infection would be a good idea - if it works.<br />And as you say, the Irish work is a bit further down the road on this.<br />What we cannot even begin to imagine is the point, or more especially, the result of cage trapping in a population where sentinel cattle tests are showing gross and endemic infection in the badgers. That's like vaccinating a room full of people with measles, for ... measles.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09293505337441558637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post-11946028330034019112009-08-01T13:35:58.845+01:002009-08-01T13:35:58.845+01:00"Anonymous Anonymous" is right to ask fo..."Anonymous Anonymous" is right to ask for a little less scepticism on vaccination; I know nothing about the DEFRA work but I have read the report of the Irish Badger Vaccine Project and am impressed. The Irish workers tested an injectable, commercially available, BCG vaccine and found that it gave good protection against massive challenge. Next they developed an oral formulation and found that badgers vaccinated by mouth were similarly protected. Now they are carrying out a field trial which will end with complete depopulation of the area and bacteriological testing of all badgers. If the field trial is successful and the oral vaccine licensed, an answer to the problem will be available: vaccination for badgers outside the heavily infected areas and euthanasia for those inside. But I am at a loss to see how DEFRA's proposed trial will make any contribution to this glimmer of hope for the future.Andrew Proudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post-21575004168216559762009-07-22T10:33:28.109+01:002009-07-22T10:33:28.109+01:00Anonymous says:-
Defra have been running these va...Anonymous says:-<br /><br />Defra have been running these vaccination trials for the last three years in Gloucestershire.<br /><br /><br />If so - then it appears that they don't work<br /><br />If they did work DEFRA would undoubtedly say so even if they only showed a small chink if light at the end of a very long tunnel!<br /><br />It's also a pity that DEFRA hasn't given the PCR technology a higher priority!<br /><br />Peter Brady<br />SETTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post-40775447580727285692009-07-21T19:16:46.464+01:002009-07-21T19:16:46.464+01:00Anon 6.30
The only previous trial runs to which De...Anon 6.30<br />The only previous trial runs to which Defra have referred in their Vaccination Deployment Project pep talks involve the vaccination of badgers in non-endemic TB areas, (or lab-rat tests) combined with the 'trap' effect on Woodchester's badger population which is trapped on a regular basis from birth.<br /><br />As far as we are aware, vaccination of a genuinely wild population already heavily infected with TB is a venture which has not been trialled before. The fact that Defra have said on many occasions, that they hope it won't make the situation worse, is hardly encouraging.<br /><br />If you have information which is outside those parameters, feel free to share it as Defra has not thus far seen fit to do so.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09293505337441558637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post-21166408686056878922009-07-21T18:30:48.104+01:002009-07-21T18:30:48.104+01:00Defra have been running these vaccination trials f...Defra have been running these vaccination trials for the last three years in Gloucestershire. Why can't somebody take a less sceptical view on things and make touch with them to determine the results of it to date ? I have heard some good things about it, so to dismiss it without first checking would seem to be a wee bit foolish to me ? Also, with farmers expected to pay for their own vaccination if they are outside the trial areas, why shouldn't cash strapped farmers take the free option and use the Defra free vaccination scheme if they are in a designated area ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post-59934726942849068352009-07-21T11:12:30.261+01:002009-07-21T11:12:30.261+01:00HERE FOLLOWS A STATEMENT OF THE BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS...HERE FOLLOWS A STATEMENT OF THE BLINDINGLY OBVIOUS<br /><br />I may (?) have said this before:-<br /><br />• The problem of bTB in cattle is not ‘Scientific’ – it is ‘Political’.<br /><br />• The incidence of bTB in cattle has increased exponentially since 1997 when the New Labour regime gained office and ceased culling diseased badgers.<br /><br />• The solution - therefore - must also be ‘Political’<br /><br />• If we rid ourselves of this immoral & incompetent tribe that is New Labour – we will in turn rid ourselves of bTB in our cattle! <br /><br />• There is absolutely no point whatsoever in English Farmers becoming involved with the ‘vaccination’ project and all farmers, stock breeders and the associated organisations such as the NFU and NBA should say so - now!<br /><br />It’s time for the English farming community and its representatives to tell New Labour’s DEFRA and its pathetic so-called scientists to get on their bicycles! <br /><br />Then let the 12 months' 'countdown to sanity’ begin!<br /><br />Peter Brady<br />SETTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post-19948051980330871492009-07-21T08:19:48.954+01:002009-07-21T08:19:48.954+01:00Spam comment deleted.Spam comment deleted.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09293505337441558637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885842.post-59227980697739269972009-07-21T06:08:16.840+01:002009-07-21T06:08:16.840+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16599366948308771528noreply@blogger.com