TY - JOUR
T1 - Paratuberculosis infection of nonruminant wildlife in Scotland
AU - Beard, P. M.
AU - Daniels, M. J.
AU - Henderson, D.
AU - Pirie, A.
AU - Rudge, K.
AU - Buxton, D.
AU - Rhind, S.
AU - Greig, A.
AU - Hutchings, M. R.
AU - McKendrick, I.
AU - Stevenson, K.
AU - Sharp, J. M.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Recent reports of natural paratuberculosis (or Johne's disease) in rabbits, foxes, and stoats has focused debate on the presence and importance of wildlife reservoirs in the epidemiology of this disease. This paper describes an extensive study investigating 18 nonruminant wildlife species for evidence of paratuberculosis. Using both culture and histopathological analysis, fox, stoat, weasel, crow, rook, jackdaw, rat, wood mouse, hare, and badger were found to harbor Mycobacterium avium subsp, paratuberculosis, the causative organism of paratuberculosis, suggesting that the epidemiology of this disease is more complex than previously realized.
AB - Recent reports of natural paratuberculosis (or Johne's disease) in rabbits, foxes, and stoats has focused debate on the presence and importance of wildlife reservoirs in the epidemiology of this disease. This paper describes an extensive study investigating 18 nonruminant wildlife species for evidence of paratuberculosis. Using both culture and histopathological analysis, fox, stoat, weasel, crow, rook, jackdaw, rat, wood mouse, hare, and badger were found to harbor Mycobacterium avium subsp, paratuberculosis, the causative organism of paratuberculosis, suggesting that the epidemiology of this disease is more complex than previously realized.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1517-1521.2001
DO - 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1517-1521.2001
M3 - Article
C2 - 11283080
AN - SCOPUS:0035063909
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 39
SP - 1517
EP - 1521
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
IS - 4
ER -