Animal tuberculosis in Spain: A multihost system
The book Zoonotic Tuberculosis: Mycobacterium bovis and Other Pathogenic Mycobacteria: 3rd Edition edited by Wiley & Sons, Inc. includes this chapter
May 5th, 2014
Gortazar C. and Boadella M.
In the Mediterranean part of the Spanish mainland, animal TB is still a major concern. This chapter summarizes the current knowledge on TB in cattle, other domestic M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) hosts, and wildlife in Spain. It briefly addresses aspects of strain diversity and human infection, and provides an outlook on current and future research. In some Mediterranean habitats, a multihost system exists in which transmission among three wild ungulate species, cattle and other livestock, and to a lesser extent, other wildlife contributes to infection maintenance. Data from GPS and data logger collared wild and domestic M. bovis hosts, and camera trapping surveys at water holes and farms, will become available soon. Other ongoing studies are addressing aspects of M. bovis excretion and means of transmission. Two vaccines, the traditional live bacillus Calmette‐Guérin (BCG) and a newly developed inactivated vaccine, are currently being tested in the field
 | Sanidad y Biotecnología (SaBio). Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Universidad de Castilla La Mancha (UCLM). Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha (JCCM). 111 |
