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Randomised Badger Culling Trial: interpreting the results

Simon J. More

Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

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Guy McGrath,

Guy McGrath

Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

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Simon J. More,

Simon J. More

Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

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Guy McGrath,

Guy McGrath

Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

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First published: 01 August 2015

https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.h3910

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Abstract

Simon More and Guy McGrath raise issues relating to the Randomised Badger Culling Trial, that they feel warrant further discussion and study

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