Targeted badger removal and the subsequent risk of bovine tuberculosis in cattle herds in county Laois, Ireland

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 178-184

  Olea Popelka, F J ^a,e   Fitzgerald, P ^b   White, P ^c   McGrath, G ^c   Collins, J D ^c   O'Keeffe, J ^c,d   Kelton, D F ^a   Berke, O ^a   More, S ^c   Martin, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b District Veterinary Office County Laois   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Agriculture House   (Ireland)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Badger removal; Bovine tuberculosis; Ireland

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IRELAND; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; IRELAND; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

BOS; BOVINAE; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 58149528088     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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