Herd-level risk factors associated with tuberculosis breakdowns among cattle herds in England before the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-56

  Johnston, W T ^a   Gettinby, G ^b,c   Cox, D R ^b,d   Donnelly, C A ^a,b   Bourne, J ^b   Clifton Hadley, R ^e   Le Fevre, A M ^a   McInerney, J P ^b,f   Mitchell, A ^e   Morrison, W I ^b,g   Woodroffe, R ^b,h  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Case control study; Cattle movement; Randomized badger culling trial; TB99

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HERD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; TAXIDEA TAXUS;

EID: 27444439456     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0249     Document Type: Article

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