Spatial relationships between Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) and cattle infected with Mycobacterium bovis in Northern Spain

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 739-745

  Balseiro, Ana ^a   González Quirós, Pablo ^b   Rodríguez, Óscar ^c   Francisca Copano, M ^d   Merediz, Isabel ^d   de Juan, Lucía ^e   Chambers, Mark A ^f   Delahay, Richard J ^f   Marreros, Nelson ^g   Royo, Luis J ^a   Bezos, Javier ^e   Prieto, José M ^a   Gortázar, Christian ^g  

^a Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario de Asturias   (Spain)

^b Coronel Aranda 7 5 ^*  (Spain)

^c Servicio de Medio Natural   (Spain)

^d Travesía del Hospital 96   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Badger; Cattle; Meles meles; Mycobacterium bovis; Spain; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MELES MELES; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; SPAIN; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

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

BADGER; CATTLE; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SPAIN; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84884990177     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.03.017     Document Type: Article

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