Understanding how disease moves through wildlife communities is essential to managing
outbreaks of zoonotic diseases across the globe. Bovine tuberculosis is a disease caused …

Successful eradication schemes for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) have been implemented in a
number of European and other countries over the last 50 years. However, the islands of …

The European badger, Meles meles, is an important wildlife host for Mycobacterium bovis
and contributes to the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle in several …

Animal tuberculosis (TB) is a multi-host zoonotic disease whose prevalence in cattle herds
in Europe has been increasing, despite a huge investment in eradication. The composition …

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a costly, epidemiologically complex, multi-host, endemic
disease. Lack of understanding of transmission dynamics may undermine eradication …

Culling the main wildlife host of bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain (GB) and Ireland, the
European badger (Meles meles), has been employed in both territories to reduce infections …

European badgers (Meles meles) are accepted as a wildlife reservoir host for
Mycobacterium bovis, which causes bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in the British Isles. The …

The role of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) as a wildlife host has complicated the
management of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle. Badger ranging behaviour has …

Antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria can be shared between humans and animals,
through food, water, and the environment. Wild animals are not only potential reservoirs of …

A novel five year Test and Vaccinate or Remove (TVR) wildlife research intervention project
in badgers (Meles meles) commenced in 2014 in a 100km2 area of Northern Ireland. It …