Badger culling does not control cattle TB
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Does reactive badger culling lead to an increase in tuberculosis in cattle?
The conclusion from the randomised badger culling trial was that localised badger culling not only fails to control but can actually increase the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle. Professor Simon More and colleagues from University College Dublin question that conclusion, arguing that the data do not provide sufficient evidence to rule out alternative hypotheses.
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In the British Isles, control of cattle tuberculosis (TB) is hindered by persistent infection of wild badger (Meles meles) populations. A largescale field trial—the Randomised Badger Culling Trial (RBCT)—previously showed that widespread badger culling produced modest reductions in cattle TB incidence during culling, which were offset by elevated TB risks for cattle on adjoining lands. Once cu...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Agricultural Science
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0021-8596,1469-5146
DOI: 10.1017/s0021859604003909