Bovine tuberculosis and the endangered Iberian lynx |
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| Authors: | Briones V de Juan L Sánchez C Vela A I Galka M Montero Goyache J Aranaz A Domìnguez L |
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| Affiliation: | Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. vbriones@eucmax.sim.ucm.es |
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| 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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