Infection of Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) with Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium avium complex in Spain
Artículo de investigación publicado en The Veterinary Journal
1 de noviembre de 2011
The prevalence, distribution and pathology related to infection with Mycobacterium bovis and other mycobacteria were determined in trapped (n=36) and road-killed (n=121) badgers in Spain from 2006 to 2010. The prevalence of M. bovis based on bacteriological culture from road-killed badgers was 8/121 (6.6%) and from trapped badgers was 0/36 (0%). Tuberculosis/M. bovis infection was evident in 15/121 (12.4%) road-killed badgers when bacteriology and histopathology were combined. Mycobacterium avium complex was isolated by culture from the tracheal aspirate of 1/36 (2.8%) trapped badgers and from tissue pools from 8/121 (6.6%) road-killed badgers
Balseiro A., Rodriguez O., Gonzalez-Quiros P., Merediz I., Sevilla I., Dave D., Dalley DJ., Lesellier S., Chambers MA., Bezos J., Munoz M., Delahay RJ., Gortazar C. y Prieto JM.
 | Servicio de Micobacterias (MYC). Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM). |
| Departamento de Sanidad Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM). |
 | Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario (SERIDA). Gobierno del Principado de Asturias. |
 | 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). |
| BIOGESTIÓN. | |
| Laboratorio de Sanidad Animal. Gobierno del Principado de Asturias. |
 | Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario (NEIKER). Gobierno Vasco. |
 | Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA). Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). |
 | Consellería do Medio Rural. Xunta de Galicia. |
| Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA). Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). |
