Performance of an environmental test to detect Mycobacterium bovis infection in badger social groups.
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Social group size affects Mycobacterium bovis infection in European badgers (Meles meles).
1. In most social animals, the prevalence of directly transmitted pathogens increases in larger groups and at higher population densities. Such patterns are predicted by models of Mycobacterium bovis infection in European badgers (Meles meles). 2. We investigated the relationship between badger abundance and M. bovis prevalence, using data on 2696 adult badgers in 10 populations sampled at the ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Veterinary record
دوره 161 24 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007