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. 2021 Jul 1;57(3):705-707.
doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-20-00164.

Systemic Bovine Tuberculosis in a Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) in the Marche Region, Italy

Valentina Cambiotti  1 , Giorgia Angeloni  2 , Michela Conquista  1 , Giacomo Rossi  3 , Livio Galosi  3 , Elisabetta Manuali  1 , Silvia Pavone  1 , Raffaele Claudio Barboni  4 , Paola Papa  1 , Laura Faccenda  1 , Stefano Gavaudan  1
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Systemic Bovine Tuberculosis in a Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) in the Marche Region, Italy

Valentina Cambiotti et al. J Wildl Dis. .

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a worldwide zoonosis involving a wide range of hosts among domestic and wild animals. We describe tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis in a wild crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) found dead in the district of Macerata, Marche Region, Italy in 2019.

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