ArticleeLife2018
The intractable challenge of evaluating cattle vaccination as a control for bovine Tuberculosis.
Article in eLife, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative performance of tuberculin and defined-antigen cocktails for detecting bovine tuberculosis in BCG-vaccinated cattle in natural settings.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Orally administered live BCG and heat-inactivated Mycobacterium bovis protect bison against experimental bovine tuberculosis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Bovine tuberculosis reactor cattle in Southwest Ethiopia: Risk factors for bovine tuberculosis.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2024Article
- Mapping Bovine Tuberculosis in Colombia, 2001-2019.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Vaccination of Calves with theAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Defined Antigen Skin Test for Bovine Tuberculosis Retains Specificity on Revaccination With Bacillus Calmette-Guérin.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Characterization of potential superspreader farms for bovine tuberculosis: A review.Veterinary medicine and science · 2021Review
- A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination Against Bovine Tuberculosis: Is Perfect the Enemy of Good?Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Review
- Immunoregulatory and Antimicrobial Activity of Bovine Neutrophil β-Defensin-5-Loaded PLGA Nanoparticles againstPharmaceutics · 2020Article
- Development and Challenges in Animal Tuberculosis Vaccination.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Vaccination of cattle against bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) has been a long-term policy objective for countries where disease continues to persist despite costly test-and-slaughter programs. The potential use of vaccination within the European Union has been linked to a need for field evaluation of any prospective vaccine and the impact of vaccination on the rate of transmission of bTB. We calculate that estimation of the direct protection of BCG could be achieved with 100 herds, but over 500 herds would be necessary to demonstrate an economic benefit for farmers whose costs are dominated by testing and associated herd restrictions. However, the low and variable attack rate in GB herds means field trials are unlikely to be able to discern any impact of vaccination on transmission. In contrast, experimental natural transmission studies could provide robust evaluation of both the efficacy and mode of action of vaccination using as few as 200 animals.
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