Mycobacterium bovis
Information from Wikipedia on this bacterium, the causal agent of bovine TB, and its epidemiology in the UK where badgers are believed to contribute to the spread of the disease between cattle herds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_bovis - Detail ...
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Bovine TB Vaccination will not be Effective in Badgers for Next 12 Years says BCVA
Report from Farmers Weelky Interactive on the likely effect of vaccinating badgers against bovine tuberculosis.
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/11/111186/bovine-tb-vaccination-will-not-be-effective-in-badgers-for-next-12-years-says-bcva.html - Detail ...
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Badgers and Bovine TB in Scotland
This report sets out the position of bovine tuberculosis in Scotland in 2000, provides details of the Krebs report and the issues it raised and tries to draw some conclusions.
http://scottishbadgers.org.uk/newsite/downloads/tbpaper.pdf - Detail ...
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Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis
The bacterium, Mycobacterium bovis, was first reported in badgers in the UK in 1971. This article provides information on the disease it causes, the evidence that badgers transmit the disease and the action that should be taken to reduce or eradicate bTb from the UK.
http://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/badgers_tb.html - Detail ...
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Bovine Tuberculosis in Cattle and Badgers
Report by the Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir David King, issued in 2007 following the publishing of a report by the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB.
http://www.dius.gov.uk/publications/Expert%20advice%20on%20badgers%20and%20cattle%20TB.pdf - Detail ...
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Bovine TB: Randomized Badger Culling Trial
Report from DEFRA on this trial which investigated how bTB spread between cattle, badgers and other wildlife.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/tb/culling/ - Detail ...
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TB in Cattle: Reducing the Risk
Booklet providing advice to farmers on pre- and post-movement testing for tuberculosis in Great Britain.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/tb/premovement/premove-booklet.pdf - Detail ...
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The Cost of Bovine TB and what DEFRA is Not Doing
Some facts about the incidence, cost and control of bovine tuberculosis in the UK.
http://www.clearstats.co.uk/badgersandbovinetb.php - Detail ...
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Badgers and Bovine Tuberculosis
Well argued article discussing the effectiveness on culling badgers and the best way forward to reduce the incidence of bTb.
http://www.clearstats.co.uk/docs/wildlifeonline.pdf - Detail ...
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Tuberculosis in Man, Cattle and Badgers
An article by Jo Colston from the archives of the Mill Hill Essays 2002.
http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/millhillessays/2002/tb.htm - Detail ...
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