Effect of culling on individual badger (Meles meles) behaviour: potential implications for Bovine Tuberculosis transmission

Culling wildlife as a form of disease management can have unexpected and sometimes counterproductive outcomes. In the UK, badgers Meles meles are culled in efforts to reduce badger‐to‐cattle transmission of Mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis (TB). However, culling has pr...

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Main Authors: Ham, C, Donnelly, C, Astley, K, Jackson, S, Woodroffe, R
Format: Journal article
Published: Wiley 2019