Search Results - "Delahay, Richard"

Biodiversity in residential gardens: a review of the evidence base by Delahay, Richard J., Sherman, D., Soyalan, B., Gaston, K. J.

“…Residential gardens are a principal component of urban green infrastructure throughout the world and their potential positive contributions to biodiversity are…”
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Using Social Network Measures in Wildlife Disease Ecology, Epidemiology, and Management by SILK, MATTHEW J., CROFT, DARREN P., DELAHAY, RICHARD J., HODGSON, DAVID J., BOOTS, MIKE, WEBER, NICOLA, McDONALD, ROBBIE A.

“…Contact networks, behavioral interactions, and shared use of space can all have important implications for the spread of disease in animals. Social networks…”
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Wildlife surveillance using deep learning methods by Chen, Ruilong, Little, Ruth, Mihaylova, Lyudmila, Delahay, Richard, Cox, Ruth

“…Wildlife conservation and the management of human–wildlife conflicts require cost‐effective methods of monitoring wild animal behavior. Still and video camera…”
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Integrating social behaviour, demography and disease dynamics in network models: applications to disease management in declining wildlife populations by Silk, Matthew J, Hodgson, David J, Rozins, Carly, Croft, Darren P, Delahay, Richard J, Boots, Mike, McDonald, Robbie A

“…The emergence and spread of infections can contribute to the decline and extinction of populations, particularly in conjunction with anthropogenic…”
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Culling‐induced perturbation of social networks of wild geese reinforces rather than disrupts associations among survivors by Downing, Beatrice C., Silk, Matthew J., Delahay, Richard J., Bearhop, Stuart, Royle, Nick J.

“…Wildlife populations may be the subject of management interventions for disease control that can have unintended, counterproductive effects. Social structure…”
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Model of Selective and Non-Selective Management of Badgers (Meles meles) to Control Bovine Tuberculosis in Badgers and Cattle by Smith, Graham C, Delahay, Richard J, McDonald, Robbie A, Budgey, Richard

“…Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) causes substantial economic losses to cattle farmers and taxpayers in the British Isles. Disease management in cattle is complicated…”
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The application of statistical network models in disease research by Silk, Matthew J., Croft, Darren P., Delahay, Richard J., Hodgson, David J., Weber, Nicola, Boots, Mike, McDonald, Robbie A., Metcalf, Jessica

“…Summary Host social structure is fundamental to how infections spread and persist, and so the statistical modelling of static and dynamic social networks…”
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Evaluation of the Dual Path Platform (DPP) VetTB assay for the detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection in badgers by Ashford, Roland T., Anderson, Paul, Waring, Laura, Davé, Dipesh, Smith, Freya, Delahay, Richard J., Gormley, Eamonn, Chambers, Mark A., Sawyer, Jason, Lesellier, Sandrine

“…Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, represents a major animal health issue. In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, European…”
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Age-related declines and disease-associated variation in immune cell telomere length in a wild mammal by Beirne, Christopher, Delahay, Richard, Hares, Michelle, Young, Andrew

“…Immunosenescence, the deterioration of immune system capability with age, may play a key role in mediating age-related declines in whole-organism performance,…”
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Combining genomics and epidemiology to analyse bi-directional transmission of Mycobacterium bovis in a multi-host system by Crispell, Joseph, Benton, Clare H, Balaz, Daniel, De Maio, Nicola, Ahkmetova, Assel, Allen, Adrian, Biek, Roman, Presho, Eleanor L, Dale, James, Hewinson, Glyn, Lycett, Samantha J, Nunez-Garcia, Javier, Skuce, Robin A, Trewby, Hannah, Wilson, Daniel J, Zadoks, Ruth N, Delahay, Richard J, Kao, Rowland Raymond

“…Quantifying pathogen transmission in multi-host systems is difficult, as exemplified in bovine tuberculosis (bTB) systems, but is crucial for control. The…”
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Effectiveness of biosecurity measures in preventing badger visits to farm buildings by Judge, Johanna, McDonald, Robbie A, Walker, Neil, Delahay, Richard J

“…Bovine tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis is a serious and economically important disease of cattle. Badgers have been implicated in the transmission…”
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Abundance of badgers (Meles meles) in England and Wales by Judge, Johanna, Wilson, Gavin J., Macarthur, Roy, McDonald, Robbie A., Delahay, Richard J.

“…The European badger ( Meles meles ) is of considerable interest in the UK as it is both a protected species and the main wildlife reservoir for bovine…”
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Performance of fur clips and livestock markers for identifying vaccinated badgers by Benton, Clare H., Griffiths, Amy L., Delahay, Richard J.

“…Marking free-living wild mammals may be desirable during field studies and management interventions; however, doing so presents practical challenges. In the…”
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Social interactions of dairy cows and their association with milk yield and somatic cell count by Fielding, Helen R., Silk, Matthew J., McKinley, Trevelyan J., Delahay, Richard J., Wilson-Aggarwal, Jared K., Gauvin, Laetitia, Ozella, Laura, Cattuto, Ciro, McDonald, Robbie A.

“…The social environment experienced by livestock can have implications for their health, welfare, and subsequently, their productivity. Changes in the dairy…”
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status of tuberculosis in European wild mammals by GORTÁZAR, Christian, DELAHAY, Richard J, MCDONALD, Robbie A, BOADELLA, Mariana, WILSON, Gavin J, GAVIER‐WIDEN, Dolores, ACEVEDO, Pelayo

“…1 Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis and related members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Infection affects not…”
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Winter Is Coming: Seasonal Variation in Resting Metabolic Rate of the European Badger (Meles meles) by McClune, David W, Kostka, Berit, Delahay, Richard J, Montgomery, W Ian, Marks, Nikki J, Scantlebury, David M

“…Resting metabolic rate (RMR) is a measure of the minimum energy requirements of an animal at rest, and can give an indication of the costs of somatic…”
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Resource availability affects individual niche variation and its consequences in group-living European badgers Meles meles by Robertson, Andrew, McDonald, Robbie A., Delahay, Richard J., Kelly, Simon D., Bearhop, Stuart

“…Although intra-population variation in niches is a widespread phenomenon with important implications for ecology, evolution and management of a range of animal…”
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BCG vaccination reduces risk of tuberculosis infection in vaccinated badgers and unvaccinated badger cubs by Carter, Stephen P, Chambers, Mark A, Rushton, Stephen P, Shirley, Mark D F, Schuchert, Pia, Pietravalle, Stéphane, Murray, Alistair, Rogers, Fiona, Gettinby, George, Smith, Graham C, Delahay, Richard J, Hewinson, R Glyn, McDonald, Robbie A

“…Wildlife is a global source of endemic and emerging infectious diseases. The control of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in Britain and Ireland is hindered by…”
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Quantifying direct and indirect contacts for the potential transmission of infection between species using a multilayer contact network by Silk, Matthew J, Drewe, Julian A, Delahay, Richard J, Weber, Nicola, Steward, Lucy C, Wilson-Aggarwal, Jared, Boots, Mike, Hodgson, David J, Croft, Darren P, McDonald, Robbie A

“…Abstract Detecting opportunities for between-species transmission of pathogens can be challenging, particularly if rare behaviours or environmental…”
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Badger social networks correlate with tuberculosis infection by Weber, Nicola, Carter, Stephen P., Dall, Sasha R.X., Delahay, Richard J., McDonald, Jennifer L., Bearhop, Stuart, McDonald, Robbie A.

“…Although disease hosts are classically assumed to interact randomly [1], infection is likely to spread across structured and dynamic contact networks [2]. We…”
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