In two "départements" in the South-West of France, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) outbreaks due to Mycobacterium bovis spoligotype SB0821 have been identified in cattle since 2002 and in wildlife since 2013. Using whole genome sequencing, the aim of our study was to clarify badger contribution to bTB...
Author(s)
Duault, H.; Michelet, L.; Boschiroli, M. L.; Durand, B.; Canini, L.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
Veterinary Research, 2022, 53, 28, pp (02 April 2022)
Tuberculosis (TB) is an increasing threat to wildlife, yet tracking its spread is challenging because infections often appear to be asymptomatic, and diagnostic tools such as blood tests can be invasive and resource intensive. Our understanding of TB biology in wildlife is therefore limited to a...
Author(s)
Donadio, J.; Risely, A.; Müller-Klein, N.; Wilhelm, K.; Clutton-Brock, T.; Manser, M. B.; Sommer, S.
Publisher
Wildlife Disease Association, Lawrence, USA
Citation
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2022, 58, 2, pp 309-321
Tuberculosis (TB) is a zoonotic mycobacterial infection with great importance in human health, animal production, and wildlife conservation. Although an ambitious eradication programme in cattle has been implemented for decades, TB-free status has not yet been achieved in most of Spain, where...
Author(s)
Ferreras-Colino, E.; Moreno, I.; Arnal, M. C.; Balseiro, A.; Acevedo, P.; Domínguez, M.; Fernández de Luco, D.; Gortázar, C.; Risalde, M. A.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2022, 202,
Background: Since 2013, badger culling has been part of the UK Government's strategy for controlling bovine tuberculosis (bTB) within a high-risk area (HRA) in England. Government surveillance data now enables an examination of bTB herd incidence and prevalence, its headline indicators, within and...
Author(s)
Langton, T. E. S.; Jones, M. W.; McGill, I.
Publisher
Wiley, Chichester, UK
Citation
Veterinary Record, 2022, 190, 6,
In Europe, animal tuberculosis (TB) due to Mycobacterium bovis involves multi-host communities that include cattle and wildlife species, such as wild boar (Sus scrofa), badgers (Meles meles) and red deer (Cervus elaphus). Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) infections have also been recently reported in some...
Author(s)
Richomme, C.; Lesellier, S.; Salguero, F. J.; Barrat, J. L.; Boucher, J. M.; Reyes-Reyes, J. D.; Hénault, S.; Cruz, K. de; Tambosco, J.; Michelet, L.; Boutet, J.; Elahi, R.; Lyashchenko, K. P.; O'Halloran, C.; Balseiro, A.; Boschiroli, M. L.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Microorganisms, 2022, 10, 2,
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis which results in a significant economic cost to cattle industries and governments where it is endemic. In Ireland, the European badger is the main wildlife reservoir of infection. In this study, we investigated...
Author(s)
Barroso, P.; Breslin, P.; McGrath, G.; Madden, J. M.; Tratalos, J. A.; More, S. J.; Ryan, E.; Byrne, A. W.; Barrett, D.
Publisher
Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2022, 198,
Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) is a causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, a significant source of morbidity and mortality in the global cattle industry. The Randomised Badger Culling Trial was a field experiment carried out between 1998 and 2005 in the South West of England. As part of this...
Author(s)
Tonder, A. J. van; Thornton, M. J.; Conlan, A. J. K.; Jolley, K. A.; Goolding, L.; Mitchell, A. P.; Dale, J.; Palkopoulou, E.; Hogarth, P. J.; Hewinson, R. G.; Wood, J. L. N.; Parkhill, J.
Publisher
Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS Pathogens, 2021, 17, 11,
Industry-led culling of badgers has occurred in England to reduce the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle for a number of years. Badger vaccination is also possible, and a move away from culling was "highly desirable" in a recent report to the UK government. Here we used an established...
Author(s)
Smith, G. C.; Budgey, R.
Publisher
Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS ONE, 2021, 16, 3,
Despite advances in herd management, tuberculosis (TB) continues to affect ~0.5% of Ireland's national cattle herd annually. It is clear that any "final" eradication of TB in cattle will need to address all TB maintenance hosts in the same environment. In Ireland and the UK, European Badgers (Meles ...
Author(s)
Kelly, D. J.; Mullen, E.; Good, M.
Publisher
Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021, 7, March,
Introduction: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an important zoonotic disease which has serious and sometimes fatal effects on both human and non-human animals. In many countries it is endemic in the cattle population and has a considerable economic impact through losses in productivity and impacts on...
Author(s)
Madden, J. M.; McGrath, G.; Sweeney, J.; Murray, G.; Tratalos, J. A.; More, S. J.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 2021, 39,