Estimating the risk of cattle exposure to tuberculosis posed by wild deer relative to badgers in England and Wales

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1104-1120

  Ward, Alastair I ^a   Smith, Graham C ^a   Etherington, Thomas R ^a   Delahay, Richard J ^a  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Eurasian badger; Mycobacterium bovis; Quantitative risk assessment; Red deer; Reeves' muntjac; Risk model; Roe deer; Tallow deer

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DAMA DAMA; MELES MELES; MUNTIACUS; MUNTIACUS REEVESI; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDIINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; WALES;

EID: 75349112226     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1104     Document Type: Article

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