Table 2 M. bovis culture results for submitted badger carcasses by sex and presence of bite wounds (n = 654; 27 submissions were not assessed for bite wounds) for the 2014–16 AWBFD survey.

From: Temporal and spatial Mycobacterium bovis prevalence patterns as evidenced in the All Wales Badgers Found Dead (AWBFD) survey of infection 2014–2016

Bite wounds

Female

Male

Y (%)

N (%)

Total (%)

Y (%)

N (%)

Total (%)

M. bovis + ve

5 (10.9)

11 (4.1)

16 (5.0)

12 (13.2)

22 (7.6)

34 (8.9)

M. bovis −ve

41 (89.1)

266 (95.9)

307 (95.0)

79 (86.8)

268 (92.4)

347 (91.1)

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