Report of the Chief Veterinary Officer to the Decision-maker on the RCD Application
Table of Contents
- Introduction and Conclusions
- REPORT
- A measure of the severity and distribution of the impacts on environmental values
- Assessment of current control measures
- The effectiveness and suitability of RCD virus as a biocontrol agent in New Zealand
- The intended programme in which RCD virus is proposed to be used
- The effects, positive and negative, of RCD virus
- The likely success and costs of measures which can be employed to ameliorate negative impacts of RCD
- Characteristics of the virus and its method of production and dispersion
- Cost and benefits of RCD virus introduction
- References
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Manager, Strategic Science Team
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand
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NEW ZEALAND
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