Cattle movements and bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain

M. Gilbert, A. Mitchell, D. Bourn, J. Mawdsley, R. Clifton-Hadley and W. Wint ()
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M. Gilbert: Université Libre de Bruxelles
A. Mitchell: Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge
D. Bourn: Environmental Research Group Oxford Limited
J. Mawdsley: Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge
R. Clifton-Hadley: Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge
W. Wint: Environmental Research Group Oxford Limited

Nature, 2005, vol. 435, issue 7041, 491-496

Abstract: Diseases follow the herd The UK government set up the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) in 2001 to trace individual cattle in the aftermath of the BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) crisis. The BCMS was not intended as a disease control system. But it provides a valuable archive that has now proved its worth in a study of the spread of a slow-moving disease, bovine tuberculosis. This is endemic in many parts of Europe. The cattle movement data show pretty conclusively that the movement of infected animals is the dominant factor in introducing tuberculosis into new areas. Limiting the movement of cattle from infected areas to remote locations should therefore be considered as a disease control measure.

Date: 2005
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