Risk factors associated with the prevalence of tuberculosis-like lesions in fenced wild boar and red deer in south central Spain

Veterinary Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 451-464

  Vicente, Joaquín ^a,b,c   Höfle, Ursula ^a   Garrido, Joseba M ^d   Fernádez De Mera, Isabel G ^a   Acevedo, Pelayo ^a   Juste, Ramón ^d   Barral, Marta ^d   Gortazar, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b Ciudad Real Agricultural Engineering School EUITA   (Spain)

^c Wildlife Disease Ecology Team   (United Kingdom)

^d NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Red deer; Risk factors; Tuberculosis; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; RED DEER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS; WILD BOAR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; QUERCUS; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA; SWINE DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34547419087     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2007002     Document Type: Article

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