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Tag Archives: marsupial
The badger cull – what we know and what we don’t know
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease of cattle (Bos primigenius) caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis. You could follow my ‘tuberculosis’ tag. Other animals can get bTB too. In Britain, some people think the native badger (Meles meles) is … Continue reading
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Tagged alien species, bacterium, badger, biosecurity, brushtail possum, cattle, data, deer, disease, farmer, foot and mouth disease, fox, history, knowledge, livestock, mammal, marsupial, mouse, mustelid, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, native species, poison, polecat, politics, research, reservoir, rodent, ruminant, shooting, shrew, squirrel, stoat, tuberculosis, vertebrate, vole, wildlife
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Bovine TB in New Zealand compared to Britain and Ireland
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease of cattle (Bos primigenius) caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis. You could follow my ‘tuberculosis’ tag. This disease is zoonotic. That is, M. bovis can infect us as well as cattle. Not very … Continue reading
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Tagged alien species, bacterium, badger, bait, bovine tuberculosis, brushtail possum, disease, disease reservoir, finance, fur, history, human, livestock, mammal, marsupial, mustelid, Mycobacterium bovis, native species, oral vaccination, parental vaccination, pest, research, ruminant, tuberculosis, vaccine, vermin, vertebrate, veterinary, wildlife, zoonosis
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Vaccinating against tuberculosis (part 1)
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease of cattle (Bos primigenius) caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis. It develops slowly but it ends up very nasty. You might choose to follow the ‘tuberculosis’ tag on my blog. Here in Britain … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, human health
Tagged alien species, bacterium, badger, BCG vaccine, bovine tuberculosis, brushtail possum, cattle, disease, history, human, lab animal, laboratory, law, livestock, marsupial, Mycobacterium bovis, native species, notifiable disease, research, ruminant, tuberculosis, vaccine, veterinary, wildlife, zoonosis
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Shoot badgers? Vaccinate badgers? How about not blaming badgers?
There’s supposed to be a badger (Meles meles) cull happening right now in parts of England. I say ‘supposed to be’ because there’s not a lot about it on the news. It’s about bovine tuberculosis (bTB). This disease is caused … Continue reading
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Tagged alien species, bacterium, badger, BCG vaccine, bovine tuberculosis, brushtail possum, cattle, disease, disease reservoir, disease transmission, farmer, livestock, mammal, marsupial, mustelid, Mycobacterium bovis, native species, notifiable disease, politics, research, ruminant, shooting, transport, tuberculosis, vaccine, vertebrate, wildlife
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Tree of the month: Rowan
A few nights ago the moon was new. So according to this version of the Ogham ‘tree calendar’ extended into 2013, we’re now in the Month of the Rowan. You might choose to follow my ‘ogham’ tag for other posts … Continue reading
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Tagged arthropod, ash, bird, disease, emerging disease, fieldfare, foraging, fruit, hunting, insect, lepidopteran, lichen, mammal, marsupial, mistle thrush, moth, mountain ash, native species, ogham, passerine, plant_dicot, pollination, redwing, rowan, seed, seed dispersal, song thrush, thrush, tree, vertebrate, wild food, wildlife
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