Variation in Mycobacterium bovis genetic richness suggests that inwards cattle movements are a more important source of infection in beef herds than in dairy herds
Abstract Background We used Coffee Machine Belt genetic Multi-Locus VNTR Analysis (MLVA) data gathered from surveillance efforts to better understand the ongoing bovine tuberculosis (bTB) epidemic in Northern Irish cattle herds.We modelled the factors associated with Mycobacterium bovis MLVA genotype richness at three analytical scales; breakdown l