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Public health and bovine tuberculosis: what's all the fuss about?

Torgerson, Paul R; Torgerson, David J (2010). Public health and bovine tuberculosis: what's all the fuss about? Trends in Microbiology, 18(2):67-72.

Abstract

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in UK cattle is increasing rapidly. Consequently, the UK Government is spending escalating sums of money in attempts at disease control. We propose that bTB control in cattle is irrelevant as a public health policy. In the UK, cattle-to-human transmission is negligible. Aerosol transmission, the only probable route of human acquisition, occurs at inconsequential levels when milk is pasteurised, even when bTB is highly endemic in cattle. Furthermore, there is little evidence for a positive cost benefit in terms of animal health of bTB control. Such evidence is required; otherwise, there is little justification for the large sums of public money spent on bTB control in the UK.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:05 Vetsuisse Faculty > Veterinärwissenschaftliches Institut > Chair in Veterinary Epidemiology
Dewey Decimal Classification:570 Life sciences; biology
610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Life Sciences > Microbiology
Health Sciences > Microbiology (medical)
Life Sciences > Virology
Health Sciences > Infectious Diseases
Language:English
Date:February 2010
Deposited On:07 Mar 2011 14:57
Last Modified:15 Jan 2025 04:34
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0966-842X
OA Status:Green
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2009.11.002
PubMed ID:19944609

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