Toward eradication: the effect of Mycobacterium bovis infection in wildlife on the evolution and future direction of bovine tuberculosis management in New Zealand

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 4-18

  Livingstone, P G ^a   Hancox, N ^a   Nugent, G ^c   de Lisle, G W ^b  

^a TBfree New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Mycobacterium bovis; national pest management strategy; New Zealand; possum control; possums; TB control programme; TB research; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; DISEASE CARRIER; INFECTION CONTROL; NEW ZEALAND; TRENDS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; VETERINARY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; NEW ZEALAND; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84937515769     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2014.971082     Document Type: Review

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