The increase in badger (Meles meles) density at Woodchester Park, south-west England: A review of the implications for disease (Mycobacterium bovis) prevalence

Mammalia

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-192

  Rogers, L M ^a,c   Delahay, R J ^a   Cheeseman, C L ^a   Smith, G C ^a   Clifton Hadley, R S ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Central Science Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ENGLAND(GLOUCESTERSHIRE); UNITED KINGDOM; WOODCHESTER PARK;

MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 0033452125     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1999.63.2.183     Document Type: Article

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