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Bovine tuberculosis in livestock and wild boar on the Mediterranean island, Corsica.
Journal of wildlife diseases - 1 Apr 2010
Richomme Céline, Boschiroli María Laura, Hars Jean, Casabianca François, Ducrot Christian
Abstract excerpt
The zoonotic agent of bovine tuberculosis (bTB), Mycobacterium bovis, can be transmitted between domestic and wild animals, threatening wildlife populations and control programs for bTB in cattle. In Corsica, a French Mediterranean island where domestic and wild species have close interactions, bTB cases have been reported in cattle, pigs, and wild boar. Moreover, genotypes of M. bovis found in wild and domestic...
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