Perturbing implications of wildlife ecology for disease control

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 53-56

  McDonald, Robbie A ^a   Delahay, Richard J ^a   Carter, Stephen P ^a   Smith, Graham C ^a   Cheeseman, Chris L ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; GREAT BRITAIN; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 38849085326     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.10.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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