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

The prevalence, distribution and pathology related to infection with Mycobacterium bovis and other mycobacteria were determined in trapped (n=36) and road-killed (n=121) badgers in Spain from 2006 to 2010. The prevalence of M. bovis based on bacteriological culture from road-killed badgers was 8/121...

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Published in:The veterinary journal (1997) 2011-11, Vol.190 (2), p.e21-e25
Main Authors: Balseiro, Ana, Rodríguez, Oscar, González-Quirós, Pablo, Merediz, Isabel, Sevilla, Iker A., Davé, Dipesh, Dalley, Deanna J., Lesellier, Sandrine, Chambers, Mark A., Bezos, Javier, Muñoz, Marta, Delahay, Richard J., Gortázar, Christian, Prieto, José M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
bacteriology
Badger
badgers
Female
histopathology
Male
Meles meles
Mustelidae - virology
Mycobacterium - genetics
Mycobacterium - isolation & purification
Mycobacterium avium
Mycobacterium avium - genetics
Mycobacterium avium - isolation & purification
Mycobacterium avium complex
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium bovis - genetics
Mycobacterium bovis - isolation & purification
Prevalence
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary
Spain
Spain - epidemiology
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Tuberculosis - immunology
Tuberculosis - pathology
Tuberculosis - veterinary
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Summary:The prevalence, distribution and pathology related to infection with Mycobacterium bovis and other mycobacteria were determined in trapped (n=36) and road-killed (n=121) badgers in Spain from 2006 to 2010. The prevalence of M. bovis based on bacteriological culture from road-killed badgers was 8/121 (6.6%) and from trapped badgers was 0/36 (0%). Tuberculosis/M. bovis infection was evident in 15/121 (12.4%) road-killed badgers when bacteriology and histopathology were combined. Mycobacterium avium complex was isolated by culture from the tracheal aspirate of 1/36 (2.8%) trapped badgers and from tissue pools from 8/121 (6.6%) road-killed badgers.
ISSN:1090-0233
1532-2971
DOI:10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.04.012