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Is our bTB policy one of the worst attempts to control a major notifiable disease ever seen?
Author(s) -
Gallagher John,
Blowey Roger W.,
Sainsbury Roger,
Farrant Linda,
Head John,
Howie Neil M.,
Thomas Richard H.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.m3831
Subject(s) - dilemma , notifiable disease , disease control , disease , environmental health , political science , control (management) , socioeconomics , geography , medicine , sociology , pathology , economics , philosophy , epistemology , management
A group of experienced vets argue that the lack of control of endemically TB‐infected communities of badgers has resulted in a bovine TB dilemma that is worse now than it was 50 years ago.