Quantifying badger exposure and the risk of bovine tuberculosis for cattle herds in county Kilkenny, Ireland

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 34-46

  Olea Popelka, F J ^a   Phelan, J ^b   White, P W ^b   McGrath, G ^b   Collins, J D ^b   O'Keeffe, J ^b   Duggan, M ^c   Collins, D M ^b   Kelton, D F ^a   Berke, O ^a,d   More, S J ^b   Martin, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Kilkenny Co   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Badger; Cattle; Ireland; Quantifying exposure; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 33744506626     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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