Variation in Mycobacterium bovis genetic richness suggests that inwards cattle movements are a more important source of infection in beef herds than in dairy herds

Variation in Mycobacterium bovis genetic richness suggests that inwards cattle movements are a more important source of infection in beef herds than in dairy herds

Abstract Background We used genetic Multi-Locus VNTR Analysis (MLVA) data gathered from surveillance efforts to better understand the ongoing bovine tuberculosis (bTB) epidemic in Northern Irish cattle herds. We modelled the factors associated with Mycobacterium bovis MLVA genotype richness at three...

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Main Authors: M. G. Milne, J. Graham, A. Allen, C. McCormick, E. Presho, R. Skuce, A. W. Byrne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Bovine tuberculosis
Northern Ireland
Genotype richness
MLVA
Dairy
Beef
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-019-1530-7

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