Cost-benefit analysis model of badger (Meles meles) culling to reduce cattle herd tuberculosis breakdowns in Britain, with particular reference to badger perturbation

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1062-1088

  Wilkinson, D ^a   Bennett, R ^b   McFarlane, I ^b   Rushton, S ^c   Shirley, M ^c   Smith, G C ^a  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badger; Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle; Economics; Meles meles; Mycobacterium bovis; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 75349086485     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1062     Document Type: Article

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