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Fig. 15.1.

Direct and indirect pathways for spread of bo

vine tuberculosis between and within species in New Zealand. Bold arrows indicate a main source or

route of infection; brown depicts direct transmission, green depicts indirect transmission via scavenging or investigation of tuberculous carcasses and offal, red indicates that the source of infection is unknown but is likely to be by direct means. This figure is reproduced with permission of the Editor,

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, where it was first published as Figure 2 in the following paper: P.G. Livingstone, N. Hancox, G. Nugent, G.W. de Lisle (2015) Toward eradication: the

effect of

Mycobacterium bovis

infection in wildlife on the evolution and future direction of bovine tuberculosis management in New Zealand.

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