This paper reviews field methods for estimating and monitoring the abundance of terrestrial
carnivores that do not involve capture. Effective methods of monitoring abundance are …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis and related members
of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Infection affects not only cattle but also other …

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from a wildlife source with transmission
to humans followed by rapid geographic spread throughout the globe and severe impacts …

EnteroBase is an integrated software environment that supports the identification of global
population structures within several bacterial genera that include pathogens. Here, we …

The potential link between badgers and bovine tuberculosis has made it vital to develop
accurate techniques to census badgers. Here we investigate the potential of using genetic …

The incidence of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in British cattle has risen markedly over the last
two decades. Failure to control the disease in cattle has been linked to the persistence of a …

In the United Kingdom, badgers are implicated in the transmission of Mycobacterium bovis
to cattle, but little information is available on the potential role of other wild mammals. This …

… with the distance between groups (Pearson's r = 0·283, n = … r = 0·156, P = 0·04 for per cent
of new infections and r = 0·146, … r = 0·210, P < 0·01 for per cent new infections and r = 0·162, P …

The number of pathogens known to infect humans is ever increasing. Whether such increase
reflects improved surveillance and detection or actual emergence of novel pathogens is …

The Eurasian badger (Meles meles) is implicated in the transmission of bovine tuberculosis (TB)
to cattle in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Badger culling has been employed for the …