1. Red Deer as Maintenance Host for Bovine Tuberculosis, Alpine Region
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Maria Fink, Corina Schleicher, Monika Gonano, Wolfgang M. Prodinger, Maria Pacciarini, Walter Glawischnig, Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis, Chris Walzer, Gabrielle L. Stalder, Dorotea Lombardo, Hermann Schobesberger, Petra Winter, and Mathias Büttner
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Tuberculosis and other mycobacteria ,wildlife ,bovine tuberculosis ,Mycobacterium caprae ,reservoir host ,spillover host ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
To estimate the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in the Alpine region, we studied the epidemiology of Mycobacterium caprae in wildlife during the 2009–2012 hunting seasons. Free-ranging red deer (Cervus elaphus) were a maintenance host in a hot-spot area, mainly located in Austria.
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- 2015
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