Social group size affects Mycobacterium bovis infection in European badgers (Meles meles)

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 818-827

  Woodroffe, Rosie ^a,b   Donnelly, Christl A ^b,c   Wei, Gao ^c   Cox, D R ^b,d   Bourne, F John ^b   Burke, Terry ^e   Butlin, Roger K ^e   Cheeseman, C L ^f   Gettinby, George ^b,g   Gilks, Peter ^d   Hedges, Simon ^h   Jenkins, Helen E ^c   Johnston, W Thomas ^c   McInerney, John P ^b   Morrison, W Ivan ^b,i   Pope, Lisa C ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^h WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle TB; Wildlife disease; Wildlife host

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROUP SIZE; HEALTH RISK; IMMIGRATION; MORTALITY; MUSTELID; POPULATION DENSITY; SIZE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

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

EID: 66749130800     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01545.x     Document Type: Article

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