An ecological and comparative perspective on the control of bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 185-197

  O'Connor, Catherine M ^a   Haydon, Daniel T ^a   Kao, Rowland R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badger; Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle; Culling; Disease control; Disease ecology; Episystem; Great Britain; Mycobacterium bovis; Republic of Ireland

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; IRELAND; MUSTELIDAE; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 84857819690     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.11.010     Document Type: Review

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