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Geographical association between the genotype of bovine tuberculosis in found dead badgers and in cattle herds.
The Veterinary record - 10 Mar 2012
Goodchild A V, Watkins G H, Sayers A R, Jones J R, Clifton-Hadley R S
Abstract excerpt
In a survey, 457 badgers that had been found dead in Wales were postmortem-examined, and samples were examined by histology and by extended culture (for up to 12 weeks). Mycobacterium bovis was cultured from 55 badgers (12.0 per cent), and the histology typical of M bovis infection was seen in a further six (1.3 per cent). The prevalence in badgers in each of 10 geographical areas varied between 0 and 26 per cent...
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