How understanding badger dispersal could limit the transmission of bovine TB

Zoology researchers from Trinity, working with the Department of Agriculture, Food and The Marine (DAFM) and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), have unlocked the secrets of dispersing badgers. Their research, reported today, has major implications for implementing vaccination programmes to limit the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB).

Speaker:
Dr Aoibheann Gaughran, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin

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