Ward A I, Tolhurst B A, Walker N J, Roper T J, Delahay R J
Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York.
Vet Rec. 2008 Jul 26;163(4):107-11. doi: 10.1136/vr.163.4.107.
Thirty-six farms in parishes in western England that had recently experienced herd breakdowns of bovine tuberculosis were surveyed for signs of badger activity and for husbandry practices relating to the access of badgers to the farm buildings and facilities. Signs of activity were detected within the farmyards and buildings of 14 of the farms and were associated with water troughs at pasture on two of them. Few of the farmers implemented practices to reduce contact between badgers and cattle. Stored cattle feed was freely accessible to wild animals in 88 per cent of the feed stores. Two badger carcases, and two of 66 samples of badger droppings, cultured positive for Mycobacterium bovis. Signs of badgers within farmyards were significantly positively associated with the number of badger setts and latrines in the immediate vicinity, but were not related to any recorded farm husbandry procedures.
对英格兰西部教区近期发生牛结核病畜群疫情的36个农场进行了调查，以寻找獾活动的迹象以及与獾进入农场建筑和设施相关的饲养管理做法。在14个农场的场院和建筑内发现了活动迹象，其中两个农场的活动迹象与牧场的水槽有关。很少有农民采取措施减少獾与牛之间的接触。88%的饲料储存处，储存的牛饲料野生动物可以自由获取。两只獾尸体以及66份獾粪便样本中的两份，经培养对牛分枝杆菌呈阳性反应。场院内獾的活动迹象与紧邻区域内獾的洞穴和粪便排泄处数量呈显著正相关，但与任何记录在案的农场饲养管理程序无关。
