The effect of a badger removal programme on the incidence of tuberculosis in an Irish cattle population

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-56

  O Mairtin D ^a,b   Williams, D H ^b   Griffin, J M ^b   Dolan, L A ^b   Eves, J A ^c  

^a CENTRAL STATISTICS OFFICE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c District Veterinary Office   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Badgers; Cattle microbiological diseases; Logistic regression; Mycobacterium bovis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CATTLE; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 0032488706     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5877(97)00067-6     Document Type: Article

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