The effect of fertility control on the transmission of bovine tuberculosis in wild brushtail possums

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 218-223

  Ramsey, D S L ^a   Coleman, J D ^b   Coleman, M C ^b   Horton, P ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Force of infection; Mating behaviour; Mycobacterium bovis; Tb; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRICHOSURUS; TUBERCULOSIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CASTRATION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; TRICHOSURUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

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

EID: 33750320370     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2006.36700     Document Type: Article

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