Options for the management of bovine tuberculosis transmission from badgers (Meles meles) to cattle: evidence from a long-term study

Richard J. Delahay; Graham C. Smith; Alastair I. Ward; Chris L. Cheeseman

doi:10.3106/1348-6160(2005)30[S73:OFTMOB]2.0.CO;2

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Richard J. Delahay,^1,* Graham C. Smith,¹ Alastair I. Ward,¹ Chris L. Cheeseman¹

¹Wildlife Disease Ecology Team, Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, UK

^**To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: r.delahay@csl.gov.uk

Abstract

Bovine tuberculosis is a serious disease of cattle in the UK where the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) is implicated as a source of infection. We describe a long-term ecological and epidemiological study of a high density badger population at Woodchester Park, and review some of the principal results. Options for management of transmission to cattle include culling or vaccinating badgers, and changes to cattle husbandry practices to minimise interactions. The results of intensive field studies suggest that the social disturbance created by culling may have counter-productive epidemiological consequences. Badger vaccination and changes to farm husbandry practices require considerable further research before their impact on cattle herd breakdown rates can be quantified.

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Richard J. Delahay, Graham C. Smith, Alastair I. Ward, and Chris L. Cheeseman "Options for the management of bovine tuberculosis transmission from badgers (Meles meles) to cattle: evidence from a long-term study," Mammal Study 30(sp1), (1 December 2005). https://doi.org/10.3106/1348-6160(2005)30[S73:OFTMOB]2.0.CO;2

Received: 26 November 2005; Accepted: 13 January 2006; Published: 1 December 2005

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