Wildlife Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review of the Epidemiology in Iberian Peninsula
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Nuno Santos1, Margarida Correia-Neves1, Virgílio Almeida2 and Christian Gortázar3 1Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS) School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga 2Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal – Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária (CIISA/FMV), TULisbon, Pólo Universitário do Alto da Ajuda, Lisbon 3IREC National Wildlife Research Institute (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM), Ciudad Real 1,2Portugal 3Spain
منابع مشابه
Mycobacterium bovis: Characteristics of Wildlife Reservoir Hosts. M V Palmer. Bacterial Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Ames, IA, USA. Received for publication May 30, 2013
Mycobacterium bovis is the cause of tuberculosis in animals and sometimes humans. Many developed nations have long-standing programmes to eradicate tuberculosis in livestock, principally cattle. As disease prevalence in cattle decreases these efforts are sometimes impeded by passage of M. bovis from wildlife to cattle. In epidemiological terms, disease can persist in some wildlife species, crea...
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