title: Tuberculosis in badgers (Meles meles).
abstract: This review examines the incidence of tuberculosis in badgers, the pathogenesis and diagnosis of the disease in the badger, and the control prospects related to spread of tuberculosis from badgers to cattle.
authors.affiliation: Central Veterinary Laboratory, New Haw, Weybridge, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wilesmith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora; D002417:Cattle; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014380:Tuberculosis, Bovine / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology