Individual differences in contact rate can arise from host, group and landscape
heterogeneity and can result in different patterns of spatial spread for diseases in wildlife …

Zoonotic tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), a member of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) has increasingly gathered attention as a …

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 …

Use of mathematical models to study the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases is
becoming increasingly common in veterinary sciences. However, modeling chronic …

In wildlife disease management there are few diseases for which vaccination is a viable
option. The human vaccine BCG has been used for the control of bovine tuberculosis in …

European badgers (Meles meles) in Ireland and the UK are a reservoir for Mycobacterium
bovis, the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis (TB). A number of interventions have been …

Although France is officially declared free of bovine tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium bovis
infection is still observed in several regions in cattle and wildlife, including badgers (Meles …

Computer modeling has a long history of association with epidemiology, and has improved
our understanding of the theory of disease dynamics and provided insights into wildlife …

Despite extensive control measures, Mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent of bovine
tuberculosis, persistently infects about 0.5% of the Irish national cattle population annually …

The aim of this study was to estimate the power, using simulation techniques, of a group
randomized vaccine field trial designed to assess the effect of vaccination on Mycobacterium …