The goal of the RBCT was to quantify the effects of badger culling on bovine tuberculosis in cattle herds and determine how such strategies could reduce the chance of a herd breakdown due to TB. An independent Scientific Group (ISG) monitored the RBCT trials. Continue Reading... "031 – The Badger Culls Part Two – The Randomised Badger Cull Trials"
Let me try to make that a little clearer
So after nine years, there will still be more TB than at the start point in 2013, but the increase in TB would be 16% less than would have been without culling badgers. Got it – Good Now here’s another brain twister: The 16% reduction in the rate of rise is very different to the 30% reduction in overall bTB that the NFU claimed – although they have never provided any evidence to support their statement. Continue Reading... "018 The Badger Culls – Let’s start at the very beginning…"
