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27 February 2003
The Krebs Report (1997) and the Independent Scientific Review
Group
(Filed 27th Feb 2003)
© www.land-care.org.uk
In 1996 the Government established the Independent
Scientific Review Group under the chairmanship of Professor John
Krebs, to review the link between bovine TB and badgers (1).
In 1997 the group published a report entitled "Bovine Tuberculosis
in Cattle and Badgers: Report to the Rt Hon Jack Cunningham MP".
Krebs (1997) concluded that the sum of evidence strongly supports
the view that, in Britain, badgers are a significant source of
(TB) infection in cattle. However, Krebs also recognised the lack
of unambiguous scientific data to support that view.
The members of this group, and their positions
at the time, were:
- Professor John Krebs
FRS (Chairman)
Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council. Has
held a Royal Society Research Professorship in the Department
of Zoology, Oxford University, where he is also a Fellow of Pembroke
College since 1988.
- Professor Roy Anderson
FRS
Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Epidemiology of Infectious
Disease and Linacre Professor and Head of the Department of Zoology
at the University of Oxford
- Professor Tim Clutton-Brock
FRS
Professor of Animal Ecology at the University of Cambridge
- Professor Ivan Morrison
FRSE
Head of Division of Immunology and Pathology, Compton Laboratory,
Newbury, Berkshire, Institute for Animal Health
- Professor Douglas
Young
Fleming Professor of Medical Microbiology at Imperial
School of Medicine, London.
- Dr Christl Donnelly
Research Statistician at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the Epidemiology
of Infectious Diseases, Oxford
The Group was assisted by:
- Dr Simon Frost
Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford
- Dr Rosie Woodroffe
Wildlife ecologist at the Department of Zoology, University of
Cambridge
One of the recommendations of the group was that
the Government establish an expert group to oversee a randomised
badger culling trial (2). In 1998 the Government
set up the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB to take on
this role (3).
© www.land-care.org.uk
References
1. DEFRA. The Krebs Review
www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/tb/abouttb/atbkrebs.shtml
2. DEFRA. The Krebs Review - Recommendations
www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/tb/abouttb/atbkrebs2.shtml
3. Independent Scientific Group
(ISG) on Cattle TB,
(Filed 27 February 2003, www.land-care.org.uk,
click
here to view).
Further Reading Recommended by Land-Care
Badgers and TB in Cattle: the view of a dairy farmer.
(Filed 27 February 2003, www.land-care.org.uk,
click
here to view)
Incidents of TB in Cattle in Scotland, 1995-2002.
(Filed 26 February 2003, www.land-care.org.uk,
click
here to view).
Irvine, W. J. (2003). Just how bad is the TB problem in UK Cattle?
(Filed 25 February 2003, www.land-care.org.uk,
click here
to view).
Cultybraggan Farm Diary (2002). Routine testing of Cultybraggan
cattle for Tuberculosis and Brucellosis, November 2002: All results
negative.
(Filed 26 November 2002, www.land-care.org.uk,
click
here to view).
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