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List of works by Richard J Delahay

Abundance of badgers (Meles meles) in England and Wales

scientific article

Advances and prospects for management of TB transmission between badgers and cattle

scientific article published on February 24, 2011

Age-related declines and disease-associated variation in immune cell telomere length in a wild mammal

scientific article

Age-related declines in immune response in a wild mammal are unrelated to immune cell telomere length

scientific article published in February 2016

An inter-laboratory validation of a real time PCR assay to measure host excretion of bacterial pathogens, particularly of Mycobacterium bovis.

scientific article

Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in Eurasian badgers

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Association of quantitative interferon-γ responses with the progression of naturally acquired Mycobacterium bovis infection in wild European badgers (Meles meles).

scientific article published in February 2015

BCG vaccination reduces risk of tuberculosis infection in vaccinated badgers and unvaccinated badger cubs

scientific article

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination reduces the severity and progression of tuberculosis in badgers.

scientific article

Badger social networks correlate with tuberculosis infection

scientific article published in October 2013

Bait uptake by wild badgers and its implications for oral vaccination against tuberculosis

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Behaviour of European badgers and non-target species towards candidate baits for oral delivery of a tuberculosis vaccine

scientific article

Behaviour-time budget and functional habitat use of a free-ranging European badger(Meles meles)

scientific article published in 2015

Biodiversity in residential gardens: a review of the evidence base

scientific article published in 2023

Blood thicker than water: kinship, disease prevalence and group size drive divergent patterns of infection risk in a social mammal.

scientific article published in July 2016

Characterization of potential superspreader farms for bovine tuberculosis: A review

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Contact chains of cattle farms in Great Britain

scientific article published on 27 February 2019

Contact networks structured by sex underpin sex-specific epidemiology of infection.

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

Crossing the interspecies barrier: opening the door to zoonotic pathogens

scientific article

Culling and cattle controls influence tuberculosis risk for badgers

scholarly article

Culling-induced social perturbation in Eurasian badgers Meles meles and the management of TB in cattle: an analysis of a critical problem in applied ecology.

scientific article published in November 2007

Demographic buffering and compensatory recruitment promotes the persistence of disease in a wildlife population

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

Denning behaviour of the European badger (Meles meles) correlates with bovine tuberculosis infection status

scientific article published on 18 December 2012

Density and abundance of badger social groups in England and Wales in 2011-2013.

scientific article published on 23 January 2014

Development of a novel immunochromatographic lateral flow assay specific for Mycobacterium bovis cells and its application in combination with immunomagnetic separation to test badger faeces

scientific article

Diagnostic accuracy and optimal use of three tests for tuberculosis in live badgers

scientific article

Direction of association between bite wounds and Mycobacterium bovis infection in badgers: implications for transmission

scientific article

Effectiveness of biosecurity measures in preventing badger visits to farm buildings

scientific article

Effects of trading networks on the risk of bovine tuberculosis incidents on cattle farms in Great Britain

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

Estimating the risk of cattle exposure to tuberculosis posed by wild deer relative to badgers in England and Wales.

scientific article

Estimating wildlife vaccination coverage using genetic methods

scientific article published on 18 July 2020

Evaluating seasonal bait delivery to badgers using rhodamine B

Evaluation of the Dual Path Platform (DPP) VetTB assay for the detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection in badgers

scientific article published on 19 April 2020

Experimental evidence of competitive release in sympatric carnivores

scientific article published on April 2008

Exposure of nontarget wildlife to candidate TB vaccine baits deployed for European badgers

Field evaluation of candidate baits for oral delivery of BCG vaccine to European badgers, Meles meles

scientific article

Genetic evidence further elucidates the history and extent of badger introductions from Great Britain into Ireland

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Genetic evidence that culling increases badger movement: implications for the spread of bovine tuberculosis

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Impacts of removing badgers on localised counts of hedgehogs.

scientific article

Inbreeding intensifies sex- and age-dependent disease in a wild mammal

scientific article published on 20 July 2018

Individual foraging specialisation in a social mammal: the European badger (Meles meles).

scientific article published on 19 July 2014

Individual variation and the source-sink group dynamics of extra-group paternity in a social mammal

scientific article published on 14 January 2019

Infection of Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) with Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) bacteria

scientific article

Infection of Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) with Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium avium complex in Spain

scientific article published on 25 May 2011

Integrating social behaviour, demography and disease dynamics in network models: applications to disease management in declining wildlife populations

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

Mating system of the Eurasian badger, Meles meles, in a high density population

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Model of Selective and Non-Selective Management of Badgers (Meles meles) to Control Bovine Tuberculosis in Badgers and Cattle

scientific article

Modeling as a Decision Support Tool for Bovine TB Control Programs in Wildlife

scientific article published on 06 November 2018

Mortality trajectory analysis reveals the drivers of sex-specific epidemiology in natural wildlife-disease interactions

scientific article published in September 2014

Mycobacterium bovis infection in badger cubs: re-assessing the evidence for maternally derived immunological protection from advanced disease.

scientific article published on 3 May 2012

No energetic cost of tuberculosis infection in European badgers (Meles meles)

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

Performance of TB immunodiagnostic tests in Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) of different ages and the influence of duration of infection on serological sensitivity

scientific article (publication date: 17 November 2009)

Performance of a Noninvasive Test for Detecting Mycobacterium bovis Shedding in European Badger (Meles meles) Populations

scientific article published on 3 June 2015

Performance of proximity loggers in recording intra- and inter-species interactions: a laboratory and field-based validation study

scientific article

Perturbing implications of wildlife ecology for disease control

scientific article published on 11 January 2008

Predicting badger visits to farm yards and making predictions available to farmers.

scientific article

Resource availability affects individual niche variation and its consequences in group-living European badgers Meles meles

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Seasonal variation in daily patterns of social contacts in the European badger Meles meles

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Sex differences in senescence: the role of intra-sexual competition in early adulthood

scientific article published on 8 July 2015

Social structure contains epidemics and regulates individual roles in disease transmission in a group-living mammal

scientific article published on 11 November 2018

Spatial and temporal variation in proximity networks of commercial dairy cattle in Great Britain

scientific article published in September 2021

Spatial relationships between Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) and cattle infected with Mycobacterium bovis in Northern Spain.

scientific article published on 18 April 2013

The application of statistical network models in disease research

scientific article published in 2017

The diversity of population responses to environmental change.

scientific article

The variability and seasonality of the environmental reservoir of Mycobacterium bovis shed by wild European badgers

scientific article published on 6 August 2015

Tracking badger visits to farmyards

scientific article published in May 2009

Using Social Network Measures in Wildlife Disease Ecology, Epidemiology, and Management

scientific article published on February 2017

Validation of the BrockTB stat-pak assay for detection of tuberculosis in Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) and influence of disease severity on diagnostic accuracy.

scientific article published on 13 February 2008

What has molecular epidemiology ever done for wildlife disease research? Past contributions and future directions

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Whisker growth in wild Eurasian badgers Meles meles: implications for stable isotope and bait marking studies

Winter Is Coming: Seasonal Variation in Resting Metabolic Rate of the European Badger (Meles meles)

scientific article published on 9 September 2015