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The objective was to measure the association between badger culling and bovine tuberculosis (TB) incidents in cattle herds in three areas of England between 2013-2017 (Gloucestershire and Somerset) and 2015-2017 (Dorset). Farming industry-selected licensed culling areas were matched to comparison areas. A TB incident was detection of new Mycobacterium bovis infection (post-mortem confirmed) in at least one animal in a herd. Intervention and comparison area incidence rates were compared in central zones where culling was conducted and surrounding buffer zones, through multivariable Poisson regression analyses. Central zone incidence rates in Gloucestershire (Incidence rate ratio (IRR) 0.34 (95% CI 0.29 to 0.39, p 

Original publication

DOI

10.1038/s41598-019-49957-6

Type

Journal article

Journal

Scientific reports

Publication Date

10/2019

Volume

9

Addresses

Department of Epidemiological Sciences, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK. Sara.Downs@apha.gov.uk.

Keywords

Animals, Cattle, Mustelidae, Humans, Mycobacterium bovis, Tuberculosis, Bovine, Disease Reservoirs, England, Animal Culling