Bovine tuberculosis remains a major economic and animal welfare concern worldwide.
Cattle vaccination is being considered as part of control strategies. This approach, used …

All effects taken together, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) has a long-term detrimental effect on
bovine herds and many wildlife species in South Africa. The disease is not only found in …

A field trial was conducted to investigate the impact of oral vaccination of free-living badgers
against natural-transmitted Mycobacterium bovis infection. For a period of three years …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease, considered as the second leading cause
of death worldwide, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The limited efficacy of the …

Animal tuberculosis (TB) control is globally important for public health, economics and
conservation. Wildlife species are often part of the M ycobacterium tuberculosis complex …

Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is one of
the top ten infectious diseases worldwide, and is the leading cause of morbidity from a …

Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG) vaccines are attenuated live strains of Mycobacterium
bovis and are among the most widely used vaccines in the world. BCG is proven to be …

Tuberculosis in animals is caused principally by infection with Mycobacterium bovis and the
potential for transmission of infection to humans is often the fundamental driver for …

Abstract The Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) is the main wild reservoir of the Mycobacterium
tuberculosis complex in Mediterranean woodlands and a key risk factor for cattle …

When human health is put at risk from the transmission of animal diseases, the options for
intervention often require input from stakeholders whose differing values systems contribute …