Population Estimation and Trappability of the European Badger (Meles meles): Implications for Tuberculosis Management

• Andrew W. Byrne ,

  * E-mail: andrew.byrne@teagasc.ie

  Affiliations Teagasc, Mellows Campus, Athenry, County Galway, Ireland, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, North Mall Campus, Distillery Fields, Cork, Ireland

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• James O’Keeffe,

  Affiliations School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (DAFF), Ireland

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• Stuart Green,

  Affiliation Teagasc Rural Economy and Development Programme (Spatial Analysis), Teagasc, Kinsealy, Dublin, Ireland

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• D. Paddy Sleeman,

  Affiliation School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, North Mall Campus, Distillery Fields, Cork, Ireland

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• Leigh A. L. Corner,

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Eamonn Gormley,

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Denise Murphy,

  Affiliations School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (DAFF), Ireland

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• S. Wayne Martin,

  Affiliation Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• John Davenport

  Affiliation School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, North Mall Campus, Distillery Fields, Cork, Ireland

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