Mycobacterium caprae transmission to free-living grey wolves (Canis lupus) in the Bieszczady Mountains in Southern Poland
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- 作者：Blanka Orłowska ; Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć…
- 关键词：Mycobacterium caprae ; Grey wolf ; Tuberculosis transmission ; European bison ; Wild boar
- 刊名：European Journal of Wildlife Research
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：63
- 期：1
- 全文大小：277KB
- 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
- 刊物主题：Zoology; Ecology; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management;
- 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- ISSN：1439-0574
- 卷排序：63
文摘
The aim of this study was to assess whether animal tuberculosis (TB) is transmitted between free-living European bison (Bison bonasus caucasicus), wild boars (Sus scrofa), and protected carnivores such as grey wolves (Canis lupus), brown bears (Ursus arctos), and Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Bieszczady Mountains in Southern Poland. Results of animal studies suggest that TB transmission from bison or wild boars to grey wolves is possible. These are the first described cases where Mycobacterium caprae was detected in samples collected from grey wolves.