Use of cattle troughs by badgers (Meles meles) a potential route for the transmission of bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) to cattle

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Garnett, B T ^a,b,c   Roper, T J ^a   Delahay, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSL Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badgers; Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle; Cattle troughs; Foraging

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MUSTELID; TROUGH;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 0037413567     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00204-6     Document Type: Article

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