Publications
wild boar tuberculosis in iberian atlantic spain: a different picture from mediterranean habitats. | infections with mycobacterium bovis and closely related members of the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (mtc) are shared between livestock, wildlife and sporadically human beings. wildlife reservoirs exist worldwide and can interfere with bovine tuberculosis (tb) eradication efforts. the eurasian wild boar (sus scrofa) is a mtc maintenance host in mediterranean iberia (spain and portugal). however, few systematic studies in wild boar have been carried out in atlantic regions. we describe the p ... | 2013 | 24010539 |
spatial relationships between eurasian badgers (meles meles) and cattle infected with mycobacterium bovis in northern spain. | recent studies suggest that badgers may be a potential reservoir of mycobacterium bovis infection for cattle in northern spain. the objective of this study was to investigate potential epidemiological links between cattle and badgers. culture and molecular typing data were available for cattle culled during the national tuberculosis (tb) eradication campaigns between 2008 and 2012, as well as from 171 necropsied badgers and 60 live animals trapped and examined over the same time period. mycobact ... | 2013 | 23602422 |