Incidence of bovine tuberculosis in wild and domestic animals other than cattle in six Central European countries during 1990-1999
2002
Pavlik, I. | Machackova, M. | Yayo Ayele, W. | Lamka, J. (Vyzkumny Ustav Veterinarniho Lekarstvi, Brno (Czech Republic)) | Parmova, I. | Melicharek, I. | Hanzlikova, M. | Koermendy, B. | Nagy, G. | Cvetnic, Z. | Ocepek, M. | Lipiec, M.
The objective of this study was to analyze the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in animal species other than cattle in Central Europe from 1990 to 1999 and to assess the hazard of transmission of Mycobacterium bovis within and between the populations of domestic and wild animal species. The study was undertaken in Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. Mycobacterium bovis infection was diagnosed in 70 animals belonging to 17 species other than cattle. The set of wild animals comprised 12 European bison (Bison bonasus), 1 red deer (Cervus elaphus), 5 wild boars (Sus scrofa), and 1 European wild goat (Capra aegagrus) bred in a game park; 2 red deer and 1 bactrian camel (Camelus ferus) owned by a circus; 3 bisons (Bison bison), 4 tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), 1 cassowary (Casuarius casuarius), 8 sitatungas (Tragelaphus spekei), 3 elands (Taurotragus oryx), 1 gnu (Connochaetes taurinus), 8 reticulated giraffes (Giraffa cameloparadlis reticulata), 1 puma (Puma concolor), and 1 Vietnamese pot-bellied pig (Sus bucculentus) kept in zoological gardens. The infection was also demonstrated in 12 domestic pigs, 2 domestic sheep, and 4 dogs living on farms where bovine tuberculosis was diagnosed in cattle. Absolute numbers of the infected individuals are rather low, wild animals should be regarded as possible reservoirs of the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis.
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