Persistence of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle herd remains a major challenge in disease
elimination due to the ineffectual removal of all infected animals in a bTB breakdown.
Characterization of herds with a higher probability of experiencing further bTB breakdowns
can help to implement specific risk-based policies for disease control and eradication. Here,
our aim was to identify herd-and breakdown-level risk factors in bTB infected herds in
Castilla y Leon, Spain, associated with a decreased time to recurrence and an increased …