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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| Main Authors: | Jon Bielby, Flavie Vial, Rosie Woodroffe, Christl A Donnelly |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0164618&type=printable |
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