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Freedom of Information: Disclosure Log 2009

Information released: 2009

Date of Request / Information Requested Date of Response / Response
Reference: AFBIFOI20090801
11/08/2009: The following information was requested:
Details regarding plans or proposals during the past 12 months involving the veterinary testing of badgers in the wild in NI for scientific research/veterinary testing.
Details to include
  • aims of the project and hypotheses
  • details of survey methodology employed
  • total number of animals to be trapped/tested/released/killed
  • methods for selection/trapping/sedation/killing
  • proposed pre-mortem/non-lethal veterinary tests
  • post-mortem veterinary tests
  • start and end dates for field-based and laboratory-based activity
  • timeframe for analysis, reporting, publication
  • applications for (NI/GB/EU) licences/consents for this project and whether granted or refused
  • Budget
25/08/2009: Response:
Information forwarded regarding two veterinary studies of badgers.
  • Road Traffic Accident Badger Survey for tuberculosis
Including reference to:
Abernethy, D.A., Denny, G.O., Pfeiffer, D.U. & Wrigley, K. (2003) survey for Mycobacterium bovis infection in Road-Traffic-Accident Badgers in Northern Ireland.  Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, 2003.
and
  • Survey of the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in badgers in NI.
Refer to the statement from the DARD minister found at
www.niassembly.gov.uk/record/reports2008/081209.htm
Reference: AFBIFOI20090601
02/06/2009: The following information was requested:
Lab results on all Foam samples in particular the chemical analysis of these samples taken from 2003 in Larne Lough and its approaches.
29/06/2009: Response:
  • CEFAS - Larne Lough Reports provided.
Reference: AFBIFOI20090301
10/03/2009: The following information was requested:
All secondments during the past 24 months inward and outward to/from AFBI(NI), the grade prior to, during and after the posting (i.e. on return to the seconding body), where the grade was Staff Officer and above.
12/03/2009: Response:
  • One secondment during the given period - a Grade 6 level seconded into a temporary Grade 5 post within DARD.
Reference: AFBIFOI20090201
13/02/2009: The following information was requested:
Details of all expenses paid to the chair, deputy chair and board members of AFBI(NI) during the 2007/2008 financial year.  Provided on a person-by-person basis indicating where the expenses fall into categories such as travel, subsistance, loss of earnings, etc.
24/02/2009: Supplied with:
  • Details of Remuneration, Travel and Subsistance for the AFBI Chair, Deputy Chair and 10 Board members for the 2007/2008 financial year were provided to the requestor.