European badgers (Meles meles) are accepted as a wildlife reservoir host for Mycobacterium bovis, which causes bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in the British Isles. The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of Dual Path Platform (DPP) VetTB test (Chembio Diagnostic Systems Inc., Medford, NY,...
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Courcier, E. A.; Pascual-Linaza, A. V.; Arnold, M. E.; McCormick, C. M.; Corbett, D. M.; O'hagan, M. J. H.; Collins, S. F.; Trimble, N. A.; McGeown, C. F.; McHugh, G. E.; McBride, K. R.; McNair, J.; Thompson, S.; Patterson, I. A. P.; Menzies, F. D.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Research in Veterinary Science, 2020, 130, pp 170-178
Systemic idiopathic amyloidosis was described in four captive badgers (Meles meles). Two animals (B1 and B2) were not enrolled in any trial, while animals B3 and B4 took part in a vaccine efficacy study and had been challenged with Mycobacterium bovis. A full set of tissues was collected and...
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Bianco, C.; Sánchez-Cordón, P. J.; Verin, R.; Godinho, A.; Weyer, U.; Lesellier, S.; Spiropoulos, J.; Floyd, T.; Everest, D.; Núñez, A.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2020, 176, pp 128-132
Subclinical systemic dissemination of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is described in a captive badger (Meles meles) with lymphoma. An adult female European badger was vaccinated per os with BCG and after 8 weeks post-mortem examination identified marked lymphadenomegaly and multinodular hepatic...
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Bianco, C.; Lesellier, S.; Barrat, J.; Richomme, C.; Boschiroli, M. L.; Núñez, A.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2020, 176, pp 76-80
This paper analyses farmers' behavioural responses to Government attempts to reduce the risk of disease transmission from badgers to cattle through badger vaccination. Evidence for two opposing behavioural adaptions is examined in response to the vaccination of badgers to reduce the risk of...
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Enticott, G.; Maye, D.; Naylor, R.; Brunton, L.; Downs, S. H.; Donnelly, C. A.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Vaccine, 2020, 38, 5, pp 1065-1075
The objective was to measure the association between badger culling and bovine tuberculosis (TB) incidents in cattle herds in three areas of England between 2013-2017 (Gloucestershire and Somerset) and 2015-2017 (Dorset). Farming industry-selected licensed culling areas were matched to comparison...
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Downs, S. H.; Prosser, A.; Ashton, A.; Ashfield, S.; Brunton, L. A.; Brouwer, A.; Upton, P.; Robertson, A.; Donnelly, C. A.; Parry, J. E.
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Nature Publishing Group, London, UK
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Scientific Reports, 2019, 9, 10, pp 14666
Background: There has been an ongoing decline in bovine tuberculosis (TB) in the Republic of Ireland, however, TB has yet to be eradicated. Further to a recent commitment by the Irish government to eradicate TB by 2030, this paper considers two questions, 'Can bovine TB be eradicated from the...
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BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
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Irish Veterinary Journal, 2019, 72, 3, pp (25 April 2019)
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BMJ Publishing Group, London, UK
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Veterinary Record, 2019, 184, 26, pp 806
Background: Oral vaccination with Mycobacterium bovis Bacille of Calmette and Guerin (BCG) has provided protection against M. bovis to badgers both experimentally and in the field. There is also evidence suggesting that the persistence of live BCG within the host is important for maintaining...
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Lesellier, S.; Boschiroli, M. L.; Barrat, J.; Wanke, C.; Salguero, F. J.; Garcia-Jimenez, W. L.; Nunez, A.; Godinho, A.; Spiropoulos, J.; Palmer, S.; Dipesh Dave; Anderson, P.; Boucher, J. M.; Cruz, K. de; Henault, S.; Michelet, L.; Gowtage, S.; Williams, G. A.; Nadian, A. K.; Monchâtre-Leroy, E.; Boué, F.; Chambers, M. A.; Richomme, C.
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BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
BMC Veterinary Research, 2019, 15, 445, pp (06 December 2019)
European badgers are a wildlife reservoir of bovine tuberculosis in parts of Great Britain. Accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis in badgers is important for the development of strategies for the control of the disease. Sensitive serological tests for badger TB are needed for reasons such as cost and...
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Dalley, D.; Lesellier, S.; Salguero, F. J.; Chambers, M. A.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Veterinary Sciences, 2019, 6, 4, pp 89
Energy availability and energy use directly influence an organism's life history, fitness and ecological function. In wild animals, abiotic factors such as ambient temperature, season and rainfall, and biotic factors such as body mass, age, social group size and disease status, all potentially...
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Barbour, K.; McClune, D. W.; Delahay, R. J.; Speakman, J. R.; McGowan, N. E.; Kostka, B.; Montgomery, W. I.; Marks, N. J.; Scantlebury, D. M.
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Wiley, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Animal Ecology, 2019, 88, 12, pp 1973-1985