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| Daniel J O'BrienSummaryAffiliation: Bureau of Epidemiology Country: USA Publications
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Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis in free-ranging white-tailed deer, Michigan, USA, 1995-2000Daniel J O'Brien
Rose Lake Wildlife Disease Laboratory, Wildlife Division, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 8562 E Stoll Road, East Lansing, MI 48823 9454, USA
Prev Vet Med 54:47-63. 2002....
Estimating the true prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis in hunter-harvested white-tailed deer in MichiganDaniel J O'Brien
Rose Lake Wildlife Disease Laboratory, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 8562 E Stoll Rd, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, USA
J Wildl Dis 40:42-52. 2004..This study also suggests that caution is warranted when extrapolating epidemiologic data on TB in captive cervids to free-ranging populations and confirms the pivotal role of the tonsil in early infections...
Managing the wildlife reservoir of Mycobacterium bovis: the Michigan, USA, experienceDaniel J O'Brien
Wildlife Disease Laboratory, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 4125 Beaumont Road, Room 250, Lansing, MI 48910 8106, USA
Vet Microbiol 112:313-23. 2006..In Michigan, management of tuberculosis has clearly demonstrated that social issues and public approval are likely to be the critical limiting factors in control...
Estimating the true prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis in free-ranging elk in MichiganDaniel J O'Brien
Wildlife Disease Laboratory, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Lansing, Michigan 48910 8106, USA
J Wildl Dis 44:802-10. 2008..The low prevalence of TB in Michigan elk, and the early stage of pathogenesis of the few infected animals, does not suggest elk are maintenance hosts at the present time...
Evaluation of blood assays for detection of Mycobacterium bovis in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in MichiganDaniel J O'Brien
Wildlife Disease Laboratory, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 4125 Beaumont Rd, Room 250, Lansing, Michigan 48910 8106, USA
J Wildl Dis 45:153-64. 2009....
Management of bovine tuberculosis in Michigan wildlife: current status and near term prospectsDaniel J O'Brien
Wildlife Disease Laboratory, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 4125 Beaumont Road, Lansing, MI 48910 8106, USA
Vet Microbiol 151:179-87. 2011..Yet formidable challenges remain, and evidence suggests that eradication of bTB, if it can be achieved, will take decades, and will require greater public and political resolve than has been demonstrated thus far...
Recent advances in the management of bovine tuberculosis in free-ranging wildlifeDaniel J O'Brien
Wildlife Disease Laboratory, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 4125 Beaumont Road, Room 250, Lansing, MI 48910 8106, USA
Vet Microbiol 151:23-33. 2011....
Bovine tuberculosis in Michigan wildlife and livestockStephen M Schmitt
Wildlife Disease Laboratory, Rose Lake Wildlife Research Station, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 969:262-8. 2002..The measures of apparent TB prevalence have been decreased by half since 1997, providing hopeful preliminary evidence that eradication strategies are succeeding...
