DOI: 10.1111/ele.12654
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84991206680
论文题名: Badgers prefer cattle pasture but avoid cattle: implications for bovine tuberculosis control
作者: Woodroffe R. ; Donnelly C.A. ; Ham C. ; Jackson S.Y. ; Moyes K. ; Chapman K. ; Stratton N.G. ; Cartwright S.J.
刊名: Ecology letters
ISSN: 14610248
EISSN: 1461-0248
出版年: 2016
卷: 19, 期: 10 起始页码: 1201
结束页码: 1208
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Badger
; cattle
; disease ecology
; farm ecology
; Meles meles
; Mycobacterium bovis
; pathogen
; tuberculosis
; wildlife disease
; wildlife health
Scopus关键词: animal
; animal behavior
; animal identification
; bovine
; contact examination
; disease carrier
; geographic information system
; microbiology
; Mustelidae
; Mycobacterium bovis
; physiology
; transmission
; Tuberculosis, Bovine
; veterinary
; Animal Identification Systems
; Animals
; Behavior, Animal
; Cattle
; Contact Tracing
; Disease Reservoirs
; Geographic Information Systems
; Mustelidae
; Mycobacterium bovis
; Tuberculosis, Bovine
; Bos
; Bovinae
; Meles meles
; Mycobacterium bovis
; Taxidiinae
英文摘要: Effective management of infectious disease relies upon understanding mechanisms of pathogen transmission. In particular, while models of disease dynamics usually assume transmission through direct contact, transmission through environmental contamination can cause different dynamics. We used Global Positioning System (GPS) collars and proximity-sensing contact-collars to explore opportunities for transmission of Mycobacterium bovis [causal agent of bovine tuberculosis] between cattle and badgers (Meles meles). Cattle pasture was badgers' most preferred habitat. Nevertheless, although collared cattle spent 2914 collar-nights in the home ranges of contact-collared badgers, and 5380 collar-nights in the home ranges of GPS-collared badgers, we detected no direct contacts between the two species. Simultaneous GPS-tracking revealed that badgers preferred land > 50 m from cattle. Very infrequent direct contact indicates that badger-to-cattle and cattle-to-badger M. bovis transmission may typically occur through contamination of the two species' shared environment. This information should help to inform tuberculosis control by guiding both modelling and farm management. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/CNRS. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/107717
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作者单位: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK; Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK
Recommended Citation:
Woodroffe R.,Donnelly C.A.,Ham C.,et al. Badgers prefer cattle pasture but avoid cattle: implications for bovine tuberculosis control[J]. Ecology letters,2016-01-01,19(10)