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Case Reports
. 2000 Mar-Apr;6(2):189-91.
doi: 10.3201/eid0602.000214.

Bovine tuberculosis and the endangered Iberian lynx

V Briones  1 , L de Juan, C Sánchez, A I Vela, M Galka, Montero, J Goyache, A Aranaz, L Domìnguez
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Bovine tuberculosis and the endangered Iberian lynx

V Briones et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2000 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

We report the first case of bovine tuberculosis in a free-living Iberian lynx (Lynx pardina), an extremely endangered feline, from Doñana National Park in Spain. The isolate (Mycobacterium bovis) correlates by molecular characterization with other isolates from wild ungulates in the park, strongly suggesting an epidemiologic link. Mycobacterium bovis infects many animal species, with wild and free-ranging domestic ungulates being the main reservoirs in nature (1).

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