Environmental risk factors associated with bovine tuberculosis among cattle in highrisk areas

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Winkler, B ^a   Mathews, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badgers; Cattle; Ecology; Epidemiology; Habitat; Landscape scale

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEDGEROW; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAIZE; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

BOS; BOVINAE; TAXIDIINAE; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; MUSTELIDAE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84946944506     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0536     Document Type: Article

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