Landscape as a Shared Space for Badgers and Cattle: Insights Into Indirect Contact and Bovine Tuberculosis Transmission Risk

Landscape as a Shared Space for Badgers and Cattle: Insights Into Indirect Contact and Bovine Tuberculosis Transmission Risk

ABSTRACT Though the magnitude of effect is uncertain, badger–cattle indirect contact has been implicated in bovine tuberculosis (bTB) transmission risk to cattle despite a paucity of data on badger space use. This study tracked field use by 35 GPS‐collared bTB test‐negative badgers (n = 3738 locatio...

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Main Authors: Emma L. Holmes, Maria J. H. O’Hagan, Fraser D. Menzies, Andrew W. Byrne, Kathryn R. McBride, Charles M. McCormick, David M. Scantlebury, Neil Reid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-04-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
cattle
European badgers
grazing
indirect contact
Meles meles
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71114
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