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Badgers and bovine tuberculosis: a reappraisal of aetiology and pathogenesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

M. Hancox
M. Hancox
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17 Nouncells Cross, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 IPT, UK
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The badger culling component of the cattle tuberculosis (TB) eradication scheme has been controversial from the outset. Despite the apparent complexity of the issue, and ever expanding literature, it is perhaps worth highlighting several basic key aspects in need of an urgent reappraisal.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 125 , Issue 3 , December 1995 , pp. 441 - 443
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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