The emergence of wildlife reservoirs of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle as well as
increased inter-regional trade with associated spread of M. bovis has led to renewed interest …

ABSTRACT 1 Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis and
related members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Infection affects not only cattle …

Mycobacterium bovis is the cause of tuberculosis in animals and sometimes humans. Many
developed nations have long‐standing programmes to eradicate tuberculosis in livestock …

Complex and dynamic interactions involving domestic animals, wildlife, and humans create
environments favorable to the emergence of new diseases, or reemergence of diseases in …

Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium bovis and closely related members of the
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex continues to affect humans and animals worldwide …

Despite the compulsory test and slaughter campaigns in cattle, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is
still present in Spain, and the role of wildlife reservoirs is increasingly recognized. We …

New tools to detect exposure of free-range Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa) to
pathogenic mycobacteria would be valuable for improved disease surveillance and wildlife …

Wild boar (Sus scrofa) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) are the main maintenance hosts for
bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in continental Europe. Understanding Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

Mycobacterium bovis, a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC),
circulates in multi-host mammal communities. While interactions between different host …

Worldwide, failure to eradicate a disease in livestock has sometimes been related to wildlife
reservoirs of infection. We describe the effects of Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) abundance …