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How to control bovine tuberculosis

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A model of the transmission and spread of bovine tuberculosis in Britain suggests that controlling the epidemic will require large-scale cattle slaughter or a major rethink of combined control strategies. See Letter p.228

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Figure 1: Bovine tuberculosis spread.

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