Department of Zoology, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
Proc Biol Sci. 2013 Aug 7;280(1768):20131634. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1634. Print 2013 Oct 7.
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a very important disease of cattle in Great Britain, where it has been increasing in incidence and geographical distribution. In addition to cattle, it infects other species of domestic and wild animals, in particular the European badger (Meles meles). Policy to control bTB is vigorously debated and contentious because of its implications for the livestock industry and because some policy options involve culling badgers, the most important wildlife reservoir. This paper describes a project to provide a succinct summary of the natural science evidence base relevant to the control of bTB, couched in terms that are as policy-neutral as possible. Each evidence statement is placed into one of four categories describing the nature of the underlying information. The evidence summary forms the appendix to this paper and an annotated bibliography is provided in the electronic supplementary material.
牛结核病（bTB）是英国非常重要的牛病，其发病率和地理分布都在不断增加。除了牛之外，它还感染其他家畜和野生动物，特别是欧洲獾（Meles meles）。由于其对畜牧业的影响，以及一些政策选择涉及到扑杀獾——最重要的野生动物宿主，因此，牛结核病的控制政策存在激烈的争论和争议。本文描述了一个项目，该项目旨在以尽可能中立的政策角度，简洁地总结与 bTB 控制相关的自然科学证据基础。每个证据陈述都归入描述基础信息性质的四个类别之一。证据摘要构成了本文附录的一部分，并在电子补充材料中提供了注释的参考文献。
