Bovine tuberculosis in cattle and badgers in localized culling areas

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-143

  Woodroffe, Rosie ^a,b,i   Donnelly, Christi A ^b,c   Cox, D R ^b,d   Gilks, Peter ^c   Jenkins, Helen E ^c   Thomas Johnston, W ^c   Le Fevre, Andrea M ^c,j   John Bourne, F ^b   Cheeseman, C L ^e   Clifton Hadley, Richard S ^f   Gettinby, George ^b,g   Glyn Hewinson, R ^f   McInerney, John P ^b   Mitchell, A P ^f   Ivan Morrison, W ^b,h   Watkins, Gavin H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^j LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Badger; Meles meles; Mycobacterium bovis; Perturbation; Proactive culling; Randomized badger culling trial; Reactive culling; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDIINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION CONTROL; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 65249101581     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.1.128     Document Type: Article

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