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. 2011 Nov;190(2):e21-e25.
doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.04.012. Epub 2011 May 25.

Infection of Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) with Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium avium complex in Spain

Ana Balseiro  1 , Oscar Rodríguez  2 , Pablo González-Quirós  3 , Isabel Merediz  4 , Iker A Sevilla  5 , Dipesh Davé  6 , Deanna J Dalley  6 , Sandrine Lesellier  6 , Mark A Chambers  6 , Javier Bezos  7 , Marta Muñoz  8 , Richard J Delahay  9 , Christian Gortázar  2 , José M Prieto  10
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Infection of Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) with Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium avium complex in Spain

Ana Balseiro et al. Vet J. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

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.

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