'Cattle infectivity is driving the bTB epidemic'

Vet Rec. 2019 Dec 7;185(22):699-700. doi: 10.1136/vr.l6845.

Abstract

Iain McGill and Mark Jones argue that recent data released by the APHA show that it is the prevalence or 'infectivity' of cattle that is sustaining bTB infection and driving transmission of Mycobacterium bovis to new herds.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Epidemics / veterinary*
  • Government Agencies
  • Mycobacterium bovis*
  • Prevalence
  • Tuberculosis, Bovine / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Bovine / transmission*
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology