Effects of culling on badger abundance: Implications for tuberculosis control

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-37

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badger; Culling; Meles meles; Mycobacterium bovis; Perturbation; Randomized badger culling trial; Tuberculosis; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATTLE; CULLING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MUSTELID; POPULATION DENSITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOS; BOVINAE; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 37249036078     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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