The Duration of the Effects of Repeated Widespread Badger Culling on Cattle Tuberculosis Following the Cessation of Culling

Helen E. Jenkins; Rosie Woodroffe; Christl A. Donnelly

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009090

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The Duration of the Effects of Repeated Widespread Badger Culling on Cattle Tuberculosis Following the Cessation of Culling

Helen E. Jenkins,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Rosie Woodroffe,

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, London, United Kingdom
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Christl A. Donnelly

* E-mail: c.donnelly@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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The Duration of the Effects of Repeated Widespread Badger Culling on Cattle Tuberculosis Following the Cessation of Culling

Helen E. Jenkins,
Rosie Woodroffe,
Christl A. Donnelly

Published: February 10, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009090

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badger density

Posted by evanr on 17 Dec 2010 at 10:07 GMT

Given the reduction in cattle TB breakdown numbers following badger culling and the increase in breakdowns following cessation of culling accompanied by recolonization, Is there a direct relationship between cattle TB incedence and badger density?

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