The wild boar is an abundant game species with high reproduction rates. The management
of the wild boar population by hunting contributes to the meat supply and can help to avoid a …

The environment is considered a major reservoir of antimicrobial resistant microorganisms
(AMR) and antimicrobial resistance genes (ARG). Colistin, a “last resort” antibiotic, is used …

The contribution of wildlife species to pathogen maintenance in multi-host communities has
seldom been quantified. To assess the relative contribution of the main wildlife hosts of …

Animal tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious concern for animal and human health.
Mycobacterium bovis circulates in multi-host systems, dominated by the European 2 clonal …

Animal tuberculosis (TB) is an emergent disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis, one of the
animal-adapted ecotypes of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC). In this work …

Despite the efforts invested in the eradication of bovine tuberculosis in Spain, herd
prevalence has remained constant in the country during the last 15 years (~ 1.5–1.9%) due …

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a zoonotic disease with consequences for public health as well
as the economy. In the EU, compulsory eradication programmes have been applied, and …

Classical molecular analyses of Mycobacterium bovis based on spoligotyping and Variable
Number Tandem Repeat (MIRU-VNTR) brought the first insights into the epidemiology of …

Genome sequencing has reinvigorated the infectious disease research field, shedding light
on disease epidemiology, pathogenesis, host–pathogen interactions and also evolutionary …

Introduction The persistence of animal tuberculosis (TB) in livestock is a major concern in
Sicily, Italy. The objective of this study was to elucidate the transmission dynamics of M …