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Triplet code
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Treatment in the Random Badger Culling Trial (RBCT) (Bourne et al., 2007)
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Proactive – all badgers culled
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Reactive – badgers culled in response to tuberculosis herd breakdown
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Survey – no badgers culled
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FMD restocked or continuously stocked
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Herd was totally depopulated or herd was not totally depopulated in 2001 due to the foot-and-mouth (FMD) epidemic
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Geographical area
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Farm location
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Area A – (Gloucestershire Herefordshire/Worcestershire)
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Area B – (North East Devon South Somerset)
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Area C – (North West Devon North East Cornwall)
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Log (mean herd size)
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The log mean number of cattle present in the herd during study period logged from the VetNet database
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Cattle sex
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Cattle were female or male taken from the British Cattle Movement System
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Origin of replacement cattle
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Homebred (tested in natal herd) Purchased (tested in different from natal herd)
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Mean herd N caninum seroprevalence
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Lower or higher than the overall median herd N caninum seroprevalence of 10%
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Cattle age (years)
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In yearly intervals from 2 years to 10+ years old
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