Culling and cattle controls influence tuberculosis risk for badgers

Human and livestock diseases can be difficult to control where infection persists in wildlife populations. In Britain, European badgers (Meles meles) are implicated in transmitting Mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis (TB), to cattle. Badger culling has therefore been a co...

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Main Authors: Woodroffe, Rosie, Donnelly, Christl A., Jenkins, Helen E., Johnston, W. Thomas, Cox, David R., Bourne, F. John, Cheeseman, Chris L., Delahay, Richard J., Clifton-Hadley, Richard S., Gettinby, George, Gilks, Peter, Hewinson, R. Glyn, McInerney, John P., Morrison, W. Ivan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2006
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Biological Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1586183/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17015843
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0606251103
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