Control of bovine tuberculosis in British livestock: there is no 'silver bullet'

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 420-427

  White, Piran C L ^a   Böhm, Monika ^a   Marion, Glenn ^b   Hutchings, Michael R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE DISEASE; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 50249147828     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2008.06.005     Document Type: Review

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