MAF 4301972-2004Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: State Veterinary Service: Maps and Statistics Relating to Bovine Tuberculosis: Datasets
This series contains datasets compiled and used by the State Veterinary Service (SVS) in monitoring Bovine Tuberculosis in Great Britain. The Bovine TB dataset was designed by Dr Roger Sainsbury as part of his work as a Veterinary Officer for the SVS in Truro. The purpose of this data was to assist Veterinary Officers working in the field. The work was part of the GB-wide tuberculosis management programme. The Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Order 1984 (made under Sections 32 and 34 of The Animal Health Act 1981), covers this programme of work; as does the SVS Chapter 23.
The datasets record the incidence of tuberculosis among cattle in Great Britain from 1977 to 2002; and record of incidence of tuberculosis among badgers, as potential carriers of disease, from 1972 to 1998. The system links data showing incidence of TB to computer-generated maps; the original name of the database was 'TB Maps & Stats'.
It made cattle data available in the OUTPUT mapping programme.
It displayed data in a graphic format printout which was useful for field investigations.
It included information about badgers which had been examined.
It could combine badger and cattle data and give an overall disease picture.
The history of the development of the system can be found in the dataset documentation.
The datasets in this series are available to download. Links to individual datasets can be found at piece level.