2010 Symposium on Wildlife management and zoonotic infections

1000 – 1050h
Introduction and welcome Mr. John Parker, Chairman, VAWM

Animal reservoirs of human disease
Ms. Sarah Cleaveland, Glasgow Veterinary School  

The fox as a reservoir of disease 
Mr. Vic Simpson, Truro, Cornwall

1100 – 1315h 
DEFRA’s wildlife health strategy
Dr. Andy Paterson, DEFRA Wildlife Health Team, Nobel House, London

Prospects for control of bovine TB
Dr. John Gallagher Yelverton, Devon and Mr. Roger Sainsbury, Truro, Cornwall

TB eradication: Progress and prospects in Wales  
Dr. Christianne Glossop, CVO Wales

Treatment and rehabilitation of wild animals      
Dr. Anna Meredith, Edinburgh Veterinary School

Wildlife hospitals  
Mr. John Chitty, General Practitioner, Andover

1315 – 1400h Lunch

1400 – 1530h
Coping with today’s successful species – a question of balance
Dr. Jonathan Reynolds, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, Fordingbridge

Practicalities of control; some examples of best practice in predator management
Dr. Mike Swann, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, Fordingbridge

Reintroduction of animals to England      
Dr. Peter Brotherton, Natural England, Peterborough

1530h Tea

1600 – 1730h 
Introduction to a review of wildlife legislation     
Lord Mancroft, House of Lords, Westminster

Review of the salient statutory legislation  
Ms. Madeleine Forsyth, Barrister and MRCVS, Ampleforth, Yorks

The case for repeal of the Badger Acts of 1973 and 1991 
Mr. Stephen Lomax, Barrister and MRCVS, Whitchurch, Shropshire.