Spatial association of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle and badgers Meles meles

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 852-862

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine TB; Disease cluster; European badger; Krebs trial; Perturbation; Randomized Badger Culling Trial; Reservoir host; Tuberculosis; Wildlife disease; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MUSTELID;

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

EID: 27944508606     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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