Bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand: epidemiology and models.

Trends Microbiol

Biological Control Group, New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Ltd, Canterbury Agriculture and Science Centre, Lincoln, New Zealand.

Published: April 1994

Bovine tuberculosis is New Zealand's most serious animal health problem because of its threat as a nontariff trade barrier to livestock export, and because a wildlife reservoir of 70 million brushtail possums seriously constrains its control. Mathematical models have contributed significantly to current control strategies and have highlighted some key questions of wider epidemiological significance.

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