| Title |
Local Cattle and Badger Populations Affect the Risk of Confirmed Tuberculosis in British Cattle Herds
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, March 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0018058 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Flavie Vial, W. Thomas Johnston, Christl A. Donnelly |
| Abstract |
The control of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) remains a priority on the public health agenda in Great Britain, after launching in 1998 the Randomised Badger Culling Trial (RBCT) to evaluate the effectiveness of badger (Meles meles) culling as a control strategy. Our study complements previous analyses of the RBCT data (focusing on treatment effects) by presenting analyses of herd-level risks factors associated with the probability of a confirmed bTB breakdown in herds within each treatment: repeated widespread proactive culling, localized reactive culling and no culling (survey-only). |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 170 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 7 | 4% |
| Brazil | 2 | 1% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 2% |
| Unknown | 150 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 34 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 33 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 24 | 14% |
| Other | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 26 | 15% |
| Unknown | 18 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 88 | 52% |
| Environmental Science | 20 | 12% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 11 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 15 | 9% |
| Unknown | 21 | 12% |