Options for the management of bovine tuberculosis transmission from badgers (Meles meles) to cattle : evidence from a long-term study

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• Bovine tuberculosis is a serious disease of cattle in the UK where the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) is implicated as a source of infection. We describe a long-term ecological and epidemiological study of a high density badger population at Woodchester Park, and review some of the principal results. Options for management of transmission to cattle include culling or vaccinating badgers, and changes to cattle husbandry practices to minimise interactions. The results of intensive field studies suggest that the social disturbance created by culling may have counter-productive epidemiological consequences. Badger vaccination and changes to farm husbandry practices require considerable further research before their impact on cattle herd breakdown rates can be quantified.

• 日本哺乳類学会の論文
• 2005-12-01

著者

• Smith Graham

  Wildlife Disease Ecology Team Central Science Laboratory

• Ward Alastair

  Wildlife Disease Ecology Team Central Science Laboratory

• DELAHAY Richard

  Wildlife Disease Ecology Team, Central Science Laboratory

• CHEESEMAN Chris

  Wildlife Disease Ecology Team, Central Science Laboratory

• Cheeseman Chris

  Wildlife Disease Ecology Team Central Science Laboratory

• Delahay Richard

  Wildlife Disease Ecology Team Central Science Laboratory

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• Options for the management of bovine tuberculosis transmission from badgers (Meles meles) to cattle : evidence from a long-term study

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