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Vaccinating wild badgers against bovine tuberculosis: an overview of 16 years of vaccine delivery in England [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionThe European badger (Meles meles) is wildlife host for Mycobacterium bovis (bovine tuberculosis) in the UK and several European countries, complicating efforts to control the disease in livestock.
Andrew Robertson, Clare H. Benton
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First Detection of Trichinella pseudospiralis in the Genus Martes Within a Croatian Mustelid Survey [PDF]

Animals
The prevention of trichinellosis is one of the most important tasks of the public veterinary services. In most EU countries, mandatory testing for parasites of the genus Trichinella includes domestic pigs as well as game species such as wild boar and ...
Davor Balić, Marija Krajina, Gianluca Marucci, Irene Tartarelli, Hrvoje Krajina, Lucija Stupar   +5 more
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Badger Meles meles as Ecosystem Engineer and Its Legal Status in Europe

Animals, 2022
The European badger plays an important role as a natural factor shaping species diversity in forests. Its extensive setts can be used by many other animals as shelters.
Przemysław Kurek, Łukasz Piechnik, Blanka Wiatrowska, Agnieszka Ważna, Krzysztof Nowakowski, Xosé Pardavila, Jan Cichocki, Barbara Seget   +7 more
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The development of a HAMstring InjuRy (HAMIR) index to mitigate injury risk through innovative imaging, biomechanics, and data analytics: protocol for an observational cohort study

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2022
Background The etiology of hamstring strain injury (HSI) in American football is multi-factorial and understanding these risk factors is paramount to developing predictive models and guiding prevention and rehabilitation strategies. Many player-games are
Bryan C. Heiderscheit, Silvia S. Blemker, David Opar, Mikel R. Stiffler-Joachim, Asheesh Bedi, Joseph Hart, Brett Mortensen, Stephanie A. Kliethermes, The HAMIR Study Group   +8 more
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Vaccinating badgers in a post‐cull landscape; insights from the field

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2023
In 2010 the BadgerBCG vaccine was licenced for use in badgers in the United Kingdom to reduce the severity of Mycobacterium bovis infection, and hence the risks of onward transmission to cattle.
Clare H. Benton, Jessica Phoenix, Andrew Robertson, Richard J. Delahay   +3 more
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A Bayesian evolutionary model towards understanding wildlife contribution to F4-family Mycobacterium bovis transmission in the South-West of France

Veterinary Research, 2022
In two “départements” in the South-West of France, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) outbreaks due to Mycobacterium bovis spoligotype SB0821 have been identified in cattle since 2002 and in wildlife since 2013. Using whole genome sequencing, the aim of our study
Hélène Duault, Lorraine Michelet, Maria-Laura Boschiroli, Benoit Durand, Laetitia Canini   +4 more
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Badger vaccination in England: Progress, operational effectiveness and participant motivations

People and Nature, 2020
In 2010 a vaccine was licensed for use in badgers in the United Kingdom to reduce the severity of Mycobacterium bovis infection, and hence the risks of onward transmission to cattle. National legislation was enacted to allow its deployment by lay persons,
Clare H. Benton, Jess Phoenix, Freya A. P. Smith, Andrew Robertson, Robbie A. McDonald, Gavin Wilson, Richard J. Delahay   +6 more
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Morphological and Morphometrical Aspects of the Auditory Ossicles in the European Badger (Meles Meles)

Veterinary Sciences, 2022
Given the scarce morphological data regarding the middle ear anatomy of this species, the paper attempts to describe the morphological and morphometrical data of the auditory ossicles in the badger.
Cristian Martonos, Alexandru Gudea, Călin Lațiu, Milos Blagojevic, Florin Stan   +4 more
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The Quality and Composition of Fatty Acids in Adipose Tissue-Derived from Wild Animals; A Pilot Study

Applied Sciences, 2021
The aim of this work was to study the quality (oxidative stability), fatty acids (FAs) profile and their distribution in triacylglycerol (TAG) molecules of hunted game wild fat (HGWF) obtained from wild boar, badger, and wild goose.
Jadwiga Hamulka, Joanna Bryś, Agata Górska, Monika Janaszek-Mańkowska, Magdalena Górnicka   +4 more
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Morphological and functional characteristics of Trichinella sp. larvae in bears and badgers in the Kirov Region

Российский паразитологический журнал, 2022
The purpose of the research is study of morphological and functional characteristics of Trichinella sp. larvae in bears and badgers in the Kirov Region.Materials and methods.
O. B. Zhdanova, I. I. Okulova, A. V. Uspensky, L. A. Napisanova   +3 more
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