Using machine learning improves predictions of herd-level bovine tuberculosis breakdowns in Great Britain

Abstract In the United Kingdom, despite decades of control efforts, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) has not been controlled and currently costs ~ £100 m annually. Critical in the failure of control efforts has been the lack of a sufficiently sensitive diagnostic test. Here we use machine learning (ML) to...

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Main Authors: K. Stański, S. Lycett, T. Porphyre, B. M. de C. Bronsvoort
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81716-4