The prevalence, distribution and severity of detectable pathological lesions in badgers naturally infected with Mycobacterium bovis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1350-1361

  Jenkins, H E ^a   Morrison, W I ^b,c   Cox, D R ^c,d   Donnelly, C A ^a,c   Johnston, W T ^a   Bourne, F J ^c   Clifton hadley, R S ^e   Gettinby, G ^c,f   Mcinerney, J P ^c   Watkins, G H ^e   Woodroffe, R ^c,g  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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

^d NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BADGER; BITE WOUND; BURROWING SPECIES; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUB; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 52249101724     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807009909     Document Type: Article

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