Behaviour of badgers (Meles meles) in farm buildings: opportunities for the transmission of Mycobacterium bovis to cattle?

Agriculture & Biology

• farm buildings 100%
• Meles meles 90%
• badgers 85%
• Mycobacterium bovis 81%
• cattle 38%
• cattle housing 10%
• indirect contact 9%
• farms 8%
• summer 8%
• bovine tuberculosis 8%
• disease prevention 7%
• radio telemetry 7%
• disease transmission 7%
• direct contact 7%
• demography 6%
• home range 6%
• weather 5%
• seasonal variation 5%
• odors 5%
• rain 4%
• environmental factors 4%
• monitoring 4%
• temperature 2%