Use of cattle farm resources by badgers (Meles meles) and risk of bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) transmission to cattle

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1499, 2002, Pages 1487-1491

  Garnett, B T ^a   Delahay, R J ^a   Roper, T J ^a  

^a Ctrl Sci Laboratory Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badgers; Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle; Farm biosecurity; Foraging

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAMERA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FORAGING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILAGE; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CARNIVORA; CATTLE; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; RAIN; RISK; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 53149114162     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2072     Document Type: Article

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