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

Authors :: Balseiro A
Rodríguez O
González-Quirós P
Merediz I
Sevilla IA
Davé D
Dalley DJ
Lesellier S
Chambers MA
Bezos J
Muñoz M
Delahay RJ
Gortázar C
Prieto JM
Source :: Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) [Vet J] 2011 Nov; Vol. 190 (2), pp. e21-e25. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 May 25.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: 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.<br /> (Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Animals
Female
Male
Mycobacterium genetics
Mycobacterium isolation & purification
Mycobacterium avium genetics
Mycobacterium bovis genetics
Prevalence
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary
Spain epidemiology
Tuberculosis epidemiology
Tuberculosis immunology
Tuberculosis pathology
Mustelidae virology
Mycobacterium avium isolation & purification
Mycobacterium bovis isolation & purification
Tuberculosis veterinary

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