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Natural transmission of Mycobacterium bovis infection in captive brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)

LAL Corner EpiCentre, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; Department of Large Animal Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland E-mail: [email protected]
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DU Pfeiffer EpiCentre, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand; Epidemiology Division, Royal Veterinary College, Herts AL9 7TA, Potters Bar, United Kingdom
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GW de Lisle AgResearch, Wallaceville Animal Research Centre, PO Box 40-063, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
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RS Morris EpiCentre, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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BM Buddle AgResearch, Wallaceville Animal Research Centre, PO Box 40-063, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Pages 154-162 | Accepted 24 Apr 2002, Published online: 22 Feb 2011

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G Nugent, BM Buddle & G Knowles. (2015) Epidemiology and control of Mycobacterium bovis infection in brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), the primary wildlife host of bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 63:sup1, pages 28-41.
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MC Barron, RP Pech, J Whitford, IJ Yockney, GW de Lisle & G Nugent. (2011) Longevity of Mycobacterium bovis in brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) carcasses, and contact rates between possums and carcasses. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 59:5, pages 209-217.
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DSL Ramsey, JD Coleman, MC Coleman & P Horton. (2006) The effect of fertility control on the transmission of bovine tuberculosis in wild brushtail possums. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 54:5, pages 218-223.
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D Ramsey & P Cowan. (2003) Mortality rate and movements of brushtail possums with clinical tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis infection). New Zealand Veterinary Journal 51:4, pages 179-185.
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Eamonn Gormley & Leigh A. L. Corner. (2018) Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium bovis Infection: the Badger Model As a Paradigm for Understanding Tuberculosis in Animals. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 4.
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L.A.L. Corner, D. Murphy & E. Gormley. (2011) Mycobacterium bovis Infection in the Eurasian Badger (Meles meles): the Disease, Pathogenesis, Epidemiology and Control. Journal of Comparative Pathology 144:1, pages 1-24.
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