The effect of a badger removal programme on the incidence of tuberculosis in an Irish cattle population.
The risk of a confirmed tuberculous herd restriction was examined using a logistic model for herds involved in the East Offaly Badger Research Project, Ireland, from 1988-1995. Cattle herds present in the badger-removal area had a significantly lower proportion of new confirmed tuberculous herd restrictions compared with cattle from an area where no systematic badger removal was attempted.
Máirtín
D O
DO
Central Statistics Office, Dublin, Ireland.
Williams
D H
DH
Griffin
J M
JM
Dolan
L A
LA
Eves
J A
JA
D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora; D002417:Cattle; D015994:Incidence; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014380:Tuberculosis, Bovine / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission