The Duration of the Effects of Repeated Widespread Badger Culling on Cattle Tuberculosis Following the Cessation of Culling

Helen E. Jenkins; Rosie Woodroffe; Christl A. Donnelly

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009090

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The Duration of the Effects of Repeated Widespread Badger Culling on Cattle Tuberculosis Following the Cessation of Culling

Helen E. Jenkins,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Rosie Woodroffe,

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, London, United Kingdom
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Christl A. Donnelly

* E-mail: c.donnelly@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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The Duration of the Effects of Repeated Widespread Badger Culling on Cattle Tuberculosis Following the Cessation of Culling

Helen E. Jenkins,
Rosie Woodroffe,
Christl A. Donnelly

Published: February 10, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009090

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Cost benefits

Posted by Dormouse on 31 May 2010 at 16:55 GMT

Although the results from the last six month period show ongoing benefits, data from the previous two years suggested that these benefits were declining. How long would any benefits have to be sustained for the financial savings to outweigh the costs?

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The Duration of the Effects of Repeated Widespread Badger Culling on Cattle Tuberculosis Following the Cessation of Culling

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