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Localised Badger Culling Increases Risk of Herd Breakdown on Nearby, Not Focal, Land

Bovine tuberculosis is an important disease affecting the UK livestock industry. Controlling bovine tuberculosis (TB) is made more complex by the presence of a wildlife host, the Eurasian badger, Meles meles. Repeated large-scale badger culls implemented in the Randomised Badger Culling Trial (RBCT)...

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Autores principales: Bielby, Jon, Vial, Flavie, Woodroffe, Rosie, Donnelly, Christl A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5066978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27749934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164618