TY - JOUR
T1 - Herd-level risk factors of bovine tuberculosis in England and Wales after the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic
AU - Johnston, W.T.
AU - Vial, F.
AU - Gettinby, G.
AU - Bourne, F.J.
AU - Clifton-Hadley, R.S.
AU - Cox, D.R.
AU - Crea, P.
AU - Donnelly, C.A.
AU - McInerney, J.P.
AU - Mitchell, A.P.
AU - Morrison, W.I.
AU - Woodroffe, R.
N1 - 21955576
Johnston, W T Vial, F Gettinby, G Bourne, F J Clifton-Hadley, R S Cox, D R Crea, P Donnelly, C A McInerney, J P Mitchell, A P Morrison, W I Woodroffe, R Canada International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases Int J Infect Dis. 2011 Dec;15(12):e833-40. Epub 2011 Sep 28.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - OBJECTIVES: We present the results of a 2005 case-control study of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) breakdowns in English and Welsh herds. The herd management, farming practices, and environmental factors of 401 matched pairs of case and control herds were investigated to provide a picture of herd-level risk factors in areas of varying bTB incidence. METHODS: A global conditional logistic regression model, with region-specific variants, was used to compare case herds that had experienced a confirmed bTB breakdown to contemporaneous control herds matched on region, herd type, herd size, and parish testing interval. RESULTS: Contacts with cattle from contiguous herds and sourcing cattle from herds with a recent history of bTB were associated with an increased risk in both the global and regional analyses. Operating a farm over several premises, providing cattle feed inside the housing, and the presence of badgers were also identified as significantly associated with an increased bTB risk. CONCLUSIONS: Steps taken to minimize cattle contacts with neighboring herds and altering trading practices could have the potential to reduce the size of the bTB epidemic. In principle, limiting the interactions between cattle and wildlife may also be useful; however this study did not highlight any specific measures to implement.
AB - OBJECTIVES: We present the results of a 2005 case-control study of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) breakdowns in English and Welsh herds. The herd management, farming practices, and environmental factors of 401 matched pairs of case and control herds were investigated to provide a picture of herd-level risk factors in areas of varying bTB incidence. METHODS: A global conditional logistic regression model, with region-specific variants, was used to compare case herds that had experienced a confirmed bTB breakdown to contemporaneous control herds matched on region, herd type, herd size, and parish testing interval. RESULTS: Contacts with cattle from contiguous herds and sourcing cattle from herds with a recent history of bTB were associated with an increased risk in both the global and regional analyses. Operating a farm over several premises, providing cattle feed inside the housing, and the presence of badgers were also identified as significantly associated with an increased bTB risk. CONCLUSIONS: Steps taken to minimize cattle contacts with neighboring herds and altering trading practices could have the potential to reduce the size of the bTB epidemic. In principle, limiting the interactions between cattle and wildlife may also be useful; however this study did not highlight any specific measures to implement.
KW - Animal Husbandry/methods
KW - Animals
KW - Case-Control Studies
KW - Cattle
KW - Data Collection
KW - Disease Reservoirs
KW - England/epidemiology
KW - Epidemics/veterinary
KW - Female
KW - Foot-and-Mouth Disease/epidemiology
KW - Incidence
KW - Logistic Models
KW - Male
KW - Mustelidae/microbiology
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Tuberculosis, Bovine/epidemiology
KW - Tuberculosis, Bovine/transmission
KW - Wales/epidemiology
U2 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2011.08.004
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2011.08.004
M3 - Article
VL - 15
SP - e833-40
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 12
ER -