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Performance of an environmental test to detect Mycobacterium bovis infection in badger social groups
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Courtenay, Orin, Reilly, L. A., Keeling, Matthew James, Sweeney, F. P., Wellington, E. M. H., Macdonald, David W., Delahay, Richard J., Wilson, G. J. and Cheeseman, C. L. (2007) Performance of an environmental test to detect Mycobacterium bovis infection in badger social groups. Veterinary Record, The, Vol.161 . pp. 817-818. doi:10.1136/vr.161.24.817 ISSN 0042-4900.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.161.24.817
Abstract
A study by Courtenay and others (2006) demonstrated that
the probability of detecting Mycobacterium bovis by PCR in
soil samples from the spoil heaps of main badger setts correlated
with the prevalence of excretion (infectiousness) of
captured badgers belonging to the social group. It has been
proposed that such a test could be used to target badger culling
to setts containing infectious animals (Anon 2007). This
short communication discusses the issues surrounding this
concept, with the intention of dispelling any misconceptions
among relevant stakeholders (farmers, policy makers and
conservationists).
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology Q Science > QR Microbiology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Biological Sciences ( -2010) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Mycobacterium bovis, Badgers -- Infections -- Diagnosis, Badgers -- Habitations | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Veterinary Record, The | ||||
Publisher: | BMJ Group | ||||
ISSN: | 0042-4900 | ||||
Official Date: | 15 December 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.161 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 817-818 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1136/vr.161.24.817 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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