Effects of farm management practices on cattle grazing behaviour and the potential for transmission of bovine tuberculosis from badgers to cattle

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-162

  Hutchings, M R ^a   Harris, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badger scent marking; Cattle behaviour; Farm management; Grazing pressure; TB transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; POACEAE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CATTLE; ENGLAND; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POACEAE; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 0031082252     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-0233(97)80035-4     Document Type: Article

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