Modelling the control of bovine tuberculosis in badgers in England: Culling and the release of lactating females

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1375-1386

  Smith, G C ^a   Cheeseman, C L ^a   Clifton Hadley, R S ^a  

^a DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meles meles; Mycobacterium bovis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BADGER; BOVINE TUBERCOLOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; MODELLING;

MELES MELES;

EID: 0031435835     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405255     Document Type: Article

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