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Is badger culling associated with risk compensation behaviour among cattle farmers? (2024)
Journal Article
Brunton, L., & Enticott, G. (in press). Is badger culling associated with risk compensation behaviour among cattle farmers?. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.4152

Background
Risk compensation theory suggests that behaviours are modified in response to interventions that remove risks by substituting them with other risky behaviours to maintain a ‘risk equilibrium’. Alternatively, risk reduction interventions m... Read More about Is badger culling associated with risk compensation behaviour among cattle farmers?.

Exploring the Risk Posed by Animals with An Inconclusive Reaction to the Bovine Tuberculosis Skin Test in England and Wales (2019)
Journal Article
May, E., Prosser, A., Downs, S. H., & Brunton, L. A. (2019). Exploring the Risk Posed by Animals with An Inconclusive Reaction to the Bovine Tuberculosis Skin Test in England and Wales. Veterinary Sciences, 6(4), 97. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci6040097

The single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin (SICCT) test is the primary test for ante-mortem diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in England and Wales. When an animal is first classified as an inconclusive reactor (IR) using this test, it... Read More about Exploring the Risk Posed by Animals with An Inconclusive Reaction to the Bovine Tuberculosis Skin Test in England and Wales.