Grazing cattle exposure to neighbouring herds and badgers in relation to bovine tuberculosis risk

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dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Emma
dc.contributor.authorMenzies, Frazer D.
dc.contributor.authorByrne, Andrew W.
dc.contributor.authorPorter, Siobhán
dc.contributor.authorMcCormick, Carl M.
dc.contributor.authorMcBride, Kathryn R.
dc.contributor.authorScantlebury, D. Michael
dc.contributor.authorReid, Neil
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-30T09:40:09Z
dc.date.available2020-10-30T09:40:09Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-30
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted - 28 September 2020; Published online - 30 September 2020.en_US
dc.description.abstractBovine tuberculosis (bTB) can be spread between and among cattle and wildlife hosts e.g. European badger (Meles meles). The majority of cattle in the UK and Ireland are grazed during the summer, potentially exposing them to Mycobacterium bovis. 18 farms were surveyed (39% dairy, 61% beef; fields n = 697) for one grazing season (May-November 2016, n = 148,461 field days) to quantify the co-occurrence of cattle with badger setts and latrines and adjacency to neighbouring cattle herds. 3% (n = 24) of the fields had a badger sett or latrine recorded, dairy cattle were significantly more likely to co-occur with badger setts and latrines than beef cattle. Most farms (89%) grazed cattle adjacent to a neighbouring herd, which accounted for 18% of the grazing season. Potential exposure to neighbouring herds did not differ between production systems but did vary between life stages. A significant positive association between the proportion of time cattle spent grazing fields with setts present and the historic 1-, 3- and 5- year bTB status (p = 0.007, p = 0.013 and p = 0.013 respectively) was found. However, when cattle were grazed in fields with latrines, a significant negative association was found between the proportion of time cattle spent grazing fields with latrines present and the historic 3- and 5- year bTB status (p = 0.033 and p = 0.012 respectively). Historic bTB status and percentage of days spent beside a neighbouring herd was unrelated. Idiosyncrasies at farm-level and between risk factors indicated that individual farm assessments would be beneficial to understand potential exposure risk.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded as part of a PhD studentship by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairsen_US
dc.identifierhttps://afbi.dspacedirect.org/handle/20.500.12518/187
dc.identifier.citationCampbell, E. L., Menzies, F. D., Byrne, A. W., Porter, S., McCormick, C. M., McBride, K. R., Scantlebury, D. M. and Reid, N. (2020) ‘Grazing cattle exposure to neighbouring herds and badgers in relation to bovine tuberculosis risk’, Research in Veterinary Science. Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2020.09.032.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0034-5288
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2020.09.032
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rights© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/).en_US
dc.subjectBadgersen_US
dc.subjectBiosecurityen_US
dc.subjectBovine tuberculosisen_US
dc.subjectDisease controlen_US
dc.subjectMycobacterium bovisen_US
dc.titleGrazing cattle exposure to neighbouring herds and badgers in relation to bovine tuberculosis risken_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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