ReviewEpidemiology and infection2016
A review of risk factors for bovine tuberculosis infection in cattle in the UK and Ireland.
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60 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review of bovine and zoonotic tuberculosis in the Western Pacific and the Southeast Asia regions of the World Health Organization.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in dairy cattle in China during 2010-2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Pooled it
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- A Study on Risk Factors for Bovine Tuberculosis in the Disease-Free Regions of Italy.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Bovine tuberculosis history as a risk factor for recurrence in English cattle herds experiencing a breakdown.The Veterinary record · 2026Article
- Retrospective epidemiological surveillance of bovine tuberculosis in a slaughterhouse in Northeastern Brazil.Tropical animal health and production · 2026Article
- Zoonotic Tuberculosis as a One Health Challenge: Global Evidence, Transmission Dynamics, and Policy Gaps in Indonesia.Veterinary sciences · 2026Review
- Economic and health impacts of bovine and zoonotic tuberculosis on rural Zambian communities.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Risk Factors Influencing the Specificity of Skin Tests for Bovine Tuberculosis in a Low-Prevalence Region.International journal of veterinary science and medicine · 2026Article
- Isolation of viable Mycobacterium bovis from faeces of naturally infected free-ranging rural domestic cattle (Bos taurus).Journal of applied microbiology · 2025Article
- Wildlife risk mitigation protocols reduce risk species visits and pathogen marker detection in open-air farms.Veterinary research · 2025Article
- Comparative performance and age dependence of tuberculin and defined antigen bovine tuberculosis skin tests assessed with Bayesian latent class analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Landscape as a Shared Space for Badgers and Cattle: Insights Into Indirect Contact and Bovine Tuberculosis Transmission Risk.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Bovine tuberculosis source attribution using decision tree analysis: breakdown investigations in Italy (2022-2023).Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Bovine tuberculosis reactor cattle in Southwest Ethiopia: Risk factors for bovine tuberculosis.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2024Article
- An epidemiological investigation into the reasons for high bovine tuberculosis incidence in cattle herds of the Burren, Ireland, prior to 2020.Irish veterinary journal · 2024Article
- Unveiling insights into bovine tuberculosis: A comprehensive review.Open veterinary journal · 2024Review
- Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with bovine tuberculosis in cattle in Eastern Bhutan.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Difference in differences analysis evaluates the effects of the badger control policy on bovine tuberculosis in England.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an important disease of cattle caused by infection with Mycobacterium bovis, a pathogen that may be extremely difficult to eradicate in the presence of a true wildlife reservoir. Our objective was to identify and review relevant literature and provide a succinct summary of current knowledge of risk factors for transmission of infection of cattle. Search strings were developed to identify publications from electronic databases to February 2015. Abstracts of 4255 papers identified were reviewed by three reviewers to determine whether the entire article was likely to contain relevant information. Risk factors could be broadly grouped as follows: animal (including nutrition and genetics), herd (including bTB and testing history), environment, wildlife and social factors. Many risk factors are inter-related and study designs often do not enable differentiation between cause and consequence of infection. Despite differences in study design and location, some risk factors are consistently identified, e.g. herd size, bTB history, presence of infected wildlife, whereas the evidence for others is less consistent and coherent, e.g. nutrition, local cattle movements. We have identified knowledge gaps where further research may result in an improved understanding of bTB transmission dynamics. The application of targeted, multifactorial disease control regimens that address a range of risk factors simultaneously is likely to be a key to effective, evidence-informed control strategies.
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