Bovine TB Vaccine Consultancy

Bovine TB (bTB) is one of GB's biggest endemic animal health issues, costing the taxpayer more than £100m a year. In the 12 months to March 2018 nearly 34,000 cattle were slaughtered for bTB control in England. Vaccination of either cattle or wildlife is an important long-term policy option for reducing the risk of bTB in England. As such, developing and licensing a cattle bTB vaccine and an oral badger bTB vaccine remains an important goal for the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra). Defra bTB vaccine policy and advice teams are seeking to secure specialised and technical advice on the requirements for: - licensing of vaccines; and - the regulation and commerci…

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