Tuberculosis-Associated Death among Adult Wild Boars, Spain, 2009-2014
Investigation article published in Emerging Infectious Diseases
December 1st, 2016
We investigated adult Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) survival and death in 2 tuberculosis-endemic populations with different harvest pressure in Spain. Overall, tuberculosis accounted for 30% of total deaths. Increased survival in protected areas has direct implications for wild boar management and tuberculosis control
Barasona JA., Acevedo P., Diez-Delgado I., Queiros J., Carrasco-Garcia R., Gortazar C. and Vicente J.
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). | |
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genétivos (CIBIO). Universidade do Porto (UP). | |
Universidade do Porto (UP). | |
Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM). | |