Trends in the incidence of tuberculosis in possums and livestock, associated with differing control intensities applied to possum populations

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 52-60

  Coleman, J D ^a   Coleman, M C ^a   Warburton, B ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bovine Tb; Bovine tuberculosis; Livestock; Possum control; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE; TRICHOSURUS; TUBERCULOSIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION CONTROL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TREES; TRICHOSURUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 33645991537     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2006.36612     Document Type: Article

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