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SUMMARY:Accelerating the control of bovine Tuberculosis in developing coun
 tries - Dr Andrew Conlan\, Department of Veterinary Medicine\, University 
 of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Fiona Roby
DESCRIPTION:The control of bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) in the UK\, and inter
 nationally\, depends on the identification and slaughter of infected anima
 ls that react to the tuberculin skin test. As a consequence of the early s
 uccesses of tuberculin testing in eliminating bTB from cattle populations\
 , no national control program has attempted to use vaccination to control 
 bTB. Indeed cattle vaccination is currently illegal within the UK and EU d
 ue to the sensitising effect the only viable vaccine candidate (BCG) has o
 n vaccinates increasing the likelihood they react to the skin test. New di
 agnostic tests that can differentiate infected from vaccinated animals ope
 n up the possibility to change legislation to allow the use of vaccination
  in cattle. In the UK the potential for the deployment vaccination is like
 ly to be severely limited by the policy decision that it can only be used 
 as a supplement to existing test-and-slaughter control. However\, in devel
 oping countries where test-and-slaughter is economically viable\, or in th
 e case of India ethically unacceptable\, vaccination may have an important
  role to play in reducing the zoonotic risk of transmission in emerging da
 iry markets.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 2\, Department of Veterinary Medicine
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