Bovine Tuberculosis in Cattle and Badgers
Bovine Tuberculosis in Cattle and Badgers
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牛和獾中的牛结核病
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1997
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通讯作者：
C. Donnelley
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J. Krebs;R. Anderson;T. Clutton;I. Morrison;D. Young;C. Donnelley
在过去的100年里，牛结核病（bTB）是牛群中的一个主要问题，但通过结核菌素测试和屠宰受感染的牛，几乎根除了结核病。它持续在英格兰西南部，威尔士和西米德兰的一些地区，现在在英国的其他地区正在增加。自20世纪70年代中期以来，为了应对bTB的爆发，成千上万的獾被扑杀，因为有间接证据表明它们传播了这种疾病，但bTB在牛中继续增加。虽然它可能是一个严重的问题，农民与受影响的牛群，bTB在英国仍然相对罕见：在2002年19,792 bTB反应者（牛，给出了阳性结核菌素皮肤测试结果）被屠宰，相比之下，4,189,000动物（包括590,000牛）被屠宰在口蹄疫爆发。每年有90，000头牛因乳腺炎而被淘汰，31，000头因跛行而被淘汰，125，000头因不育而被淘汰。
Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) was a major problem in cattle herds during the last 100 years but was virtually eradicated by tuberculin testing and slaughter of infected cattle. It persisted in southwest England, some parts of Wales and the West Midlands, and is now increasing in other parts of Britain. Since the mid-1970s tens of thousands of badgers have been culled in response to bTB outbreaks, because of circumstantial evidence that they spread the disease but bTB has continued to increase in cattle. While it can be a serious problem for farmers with affected herds, bTB is still relatively rare in the UK: in 2002 19,792 bTB reactors (cattle that gave a positive tuberculin skin test result) were slaughtered, compared to 4,189,000 animals (including 590,000 cattle) slaughtered during the FMD outbreak. Each year, 90,000 cattle are culled due to mastitis, 31,000 due to lameness and 125,000 due to infertility.