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 Analysis of Submissions on the Importation Impact Assessment for the RCD virus

Table of Contents

• Analysis of Submissions on the Importation Impact Assessment for the RCD virus
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
    • INTRODUCTION, ISSUES CONCERNING THE OVERALL APPLICATION PROCESS, SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO THE PROPOSAL , THE RABBIT PROBLEM, THE VIRUS AND ITS EPIDEMIOLOGY, THE PROGRAMME TO RELEASE RCD, ISSUES CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF THE INTRODUCTION, ISSUES CONCERNING THE MITIGATION OF EFFECTS, COMMENTS ON THE IIA DOCUMENT, THE DISEASE RISK ANALYSIS, ANALYSTS’ COMMENTS ON THE SUBMISSIONS
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
    • 1.1 THE APPLICATION PROCESS, 1.2 THE DISEASE RISK ASSESSMENT , 1.3 THE PROCESS OF CALLING FOR SUBMISSIONS, 1.4 NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED, 1.5 THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS REPORT , 1.6 CATEGORIES OF RESPONDENT, 1.7 CATEGORIES OF RESPONSE, 1.8 THE METHOD OF ANALYSING AND SUMMARISING SUBMISSIONS, 1.9 THE STRUCTURE OF THIS REPORT
  • 2 ISSUES CONCERNING THE OVERALL APPLICATION PROCESS
    • 2.1 INTRODUCTION, 2.2 THE CHARACTER OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, 2.3 CONFLICTS IN SCIENCE, 2.4 CONCERNS OVER THE ROLES OF VARIOUS PARTIES, 2.5 THE APPROACH TO PUBLIC CONSULTATION, 2.6 ASPECTS OF TIMING, 2.7 OTHER ASPECTS OF THE CONTEXT FOR DECISION MAKING
  • 3 SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO THE PROPOSAL
    • 3.1 QUANTITATIVE RESULTS, 3.2 BASIS FOR QUANTIFYING RESPONSES, 3.3 RESULTS SUMMARY
  • 4 A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSING & SUMMARISING THE ISSUES
  • 5 THE RABBIT PROBLEM
    • 5.1 INTRODUCTION, 5.2 THE NATURE, SOURCE AND EFFECTS OF THE RABBIT PROBLEM , 5.3 SEVERITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROBLEM, 5.4 RABBIT CONTROL - EFFECTIVENESS, COSTS AND ALTERNATIVES
  • 6 THE VIRUS AND ITS EPIDEMIOLOGY
    • 6.1 INTRODUCTION, 6.2.1 RCD AS A BIOCONTROL AGENT, 6.2.2 PROPENSITY FOR MUTATION, 6.2.3 HOST RANGE, 6.2.4 THE VIRUS’ ABILITY TO SURVIVE , 6.2.5 THE VIRUS - CLASSIFICATION, HISTORY, ORIGINS, 6.3.2 IMMUNOGENICITY, 6.3.3 SPREAD OF THE DISEASE , METHODS OF TRANSMISSION
  • 7 THE PROGRAMME TO RELEASE RCD
    • 7.1 INTRODUCTION, 7.2 THE ISSUES OF ACCIDENTAL OR UNOFFICIAL RELEASE OF RCD, 7.3 THE GOAL, CHARACTER AND ORGANISATIONAL BASE OF A PROGRAMME FOR CONTROLLED IMPORTATION, 7.4 DEPLOYMENT OF THE VIRUS: SOURCE, ENTRY, MULTIPLICATION AND SPREAD, 7.5 INTEGRATION WITH OTHER CONTROL MEASURES, 7.6 PROGRAMME MONITORING, 7.7 PROGRAMME ECONOMICS AND FINANCES
  • 8 ISSUES CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF THE INTRODUCTION
    • 8.1 INTRODUCTION, 8.2 ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS, 8.2.1 ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS, 8.2.2 EFFECTS ON NEW ZEALAND FLORA AND FAUNA, 8.2.3 PREDATOR ISSUES, 8.3 PUBLIC HEALTH EFFECTS, 8.3.2 RISKS AND MECHANISMS OF HUMAN EXPOSURE TO THE VIRUS, 8.3.3 HUMAN IMMUNITY, 8.3.4 PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE PROPOSED INTRODUCTION, 8.4 EFFECTS ON MAORI, 8.5 EFFECTS ON ENTERPRISES BASED ON CONTROLLING WILD RABBITS, 8.6 EFFECTS ON THE HARVESTING OF FERAL RABBITS, 8.7 EFFECTS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE, 8.8 ANIMAL WELFARE CONCERNS, 8.9 CONCERNS FOR DOMESTIC RABBITS
  • 9 ISSUES CONCERNING THE MITIGATION OF EFFECTS
    • 9.1 INTRODUCTION, 9.2 VACCINATIONS TO PROTECT OTHER RABBITS , 9.3 CLARIFYING LIABILITY, 9.4 CROWN LIABILITY IN THE DECISION
  • 10 COMMENTS ON THE IIA DOCUMENTS
    • 10.1 GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE DOCUMENTS, 10.2 SPECIFIC ISSUES RAISED ABOUT THE DOCUMENTS
  • 11 COMMENTS RECEIVED ON THE DISEASE RISK ANALYSIS
    • 11.1 GENERAL COMMENTS, 11.2 SPECIFIC COMMENTS
  • 12 ANALYSTS’ COMMENTS ON THE SUBMISSIONS
    • Appendix 1 - PROPOSAL FOR THE IMPORTATION OF THE RABBIT CALICIVIRUS DISEASE VIRUS (RCD VIRUS) AS A BIOCONTROL AGENT
    • Appendix 2 - Consultation Process for RCD virus
    • Appendix 3 - Invitation to Submitters
    • Appendix 4 - Submissions included in this analysis
    • Appendix 5 - Late Submissions
    • Appendix 6 - Terms of Reference for this submissions analysis

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