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dc.contributor.authorWinkler, Betina
dc.contributor.authorMathews, Fiona
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-11T09:13:15Z
dc.date.issued2015-11-11
dc.description.abstractOur research shows that environmental features are important predictors of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in British cattle herds in high-prevalence regions. Data from 503 case and 808 control farms included in the randomized badger culling trial (RBCT) were analysed. bTB risk increased in larger herds and on farms with greater areas of maize, deciduous woodland and marsh, whereas a higher percentage of boundaries composed of hedgerows decreased the risk. The model was tested on another case–control study outside RBCT areas, and here it had a much smaller predictive power. This suggests that different infection dynamics operate outside high-risk areas, although it is possible that unknown confounding factors may also have played a role.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipBBSRCen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Exeteren_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipDaphne Jackson Trusten_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 11 (11), article 20150536en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/20666
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherUniversity of Exeteren_GB
dc.relation.sourceTB99 and CCS05 datasets can be obtained at the Animal and Plant Health Agency. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/animal-and-plant-health-agency/about/researchen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/20665en_GB
dc.subjecthabitaten_GB
dc.subjectbadgersen_GB
dc.subjectcattleen_GB
dc.subjectecologyen_GB
dc.subjectepidemiologyen_GB
dc.titleEnvironmental risk factors associated with bovine tuberculosis among cattle in high-risk areas (dataset)en_GB
dc.typeDataseten_GB
dc.date.available2016-03-11T09:13:15Z
dc.identifier.issn1744-9561
dc.descriptionThese are the datasets associated with the article published in Biology Letters, vol. 11 (11), article 20150536 and in ORE at http://hdl.handle.net/10871/20665en_GB
dc.identifier.journalBiology Lettersen_GB


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