2015 |
Byrom, A.E., Caley, P., Paterson, B.M & Nugent, G. |
NZ Veterinary Journal 63 (Supp 1): 42-53 |
Feral ferrets (Mustela furo) as hosts and sentinels of tuberculosis in New Zealand |
“The control and eventual eradication of bovine tuberculosis (TB) poses major challenges in New Zealand, given the variety of wildlife species susceptible to TB, many of which are capable of onwards transmission of Mycobacterium bovis infection.” |
(accessed 2015) |
TbFree |
Tbfree. Available at http://www.tbfree.org.nz/the-tuberculosis-status-of-predators-on- |
The tuberculosis status of predators on farmland in the Hakataramea valley |
“Predator control should be carried out on chronically infected properties in the endemic areas of North Canterbury and the MacKenzie Basin (and possibly Central Otago) that are not responding to possum control and on properties that have suffered Tb breakdowns despite optimum levels of possum control.” |
2015 |
Byrom, A.E., Caley, P., Paterson, B.M & Nugent, G. |
NZ Veterinary Journal 63 (Supp 1): 42-53 |
Feral ferrets (Mustela furo) as hosts and sentinels of tuberculosis in New Zealand |
“Ferrets must play some role in livestock infection, because one study has shown that the incidence of TB in cattle can be reduced following ferret control in the area (Caley et al. 1998).” |
2015 |
Barron, M.C., Tompkins, D.M., Ramsey, D.S.L. & Bosson, M.A.J. |
NZ Veterinary Journal 63 (Supp 1):68-76 |
The role of multiple wildlife hosts in the persistence and spread of bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand |
“For grassland model systems, TB was predicted to persist in the ferret-pig host complex in the absence of possums, potentially jeopardising the effectiveness of possum-only control programmes. However this outcome depended on the occurrence and rate of pigs acquiring TB from ferrets, which is unknown. Thus some estimation of this transmission parameter is required to enable managers to assess if multi-host disease dynamics are important for their TB control programmes.” |
2015 |
Barron, M., Tompkins, D., Ramsey, D. & Bosson, M. |
Kararehe Kino 26:Aug |
The role of multiple wildlife hosts on TB persistence |
“future work should focus on the empirical estimation of ferret and pig intra- and inter-specific transmission rates to determine if multi-host dynamics could be jeopardising TB eradication programmes in semi-arid shrub and grassland habitats.” |