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Transbound Emerg Dis ; 65(2): 518-526, 2018 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29076653

ABSTRACT

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a zoonosis caused mainly by Mycobacterium bovis that affects domestic and wild animals. In Brazil, there are no epidemiological studies on tuberculosis in wild animal populations and their possible role in the disease maintenance in cattle herds; thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of tuberculosis in wild boars in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. Tissue samples of animals hunted under government consent were submitted to histopathology and M. bovis polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as screening tests; the positive samples were subsequently submitted to bacterial isolation, the gold standard diagnosis. Eighty animals were evaluated, of which 27.9% and 31.3% showed histopathological changes and M. bovis genome presence, respectively. Moreover, 23.8% of the animals had at least one organ with isolates classified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC). Three hunting points were risk factors for positive results on screening tests. This study shows the occurrence of tuberculosis in a wild boars' population, and raise the possibility of these animals to play a role as disease reservoirs in southern Brazil. These results may help to improve the Brazilian tuberculosis control programme, as well as elucidate the circulation of mycobacteria in this country.


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Disease Reservoirs/veterinary , Mycobacterium bovis/isolation & purification , Sus scrofa/microbiology , Swine Diseases/epidemiology , Tuberculosis/veterinary , Animals , Animals, Wild/microbiology , Brazil , DNA, Bacterial/genetics , Disease Reservoirs/microbiology , Female , Male , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary , Risk Factors , Swine , Swine Diseases/microbiology , Tuberculosis/epidemiology , Tuberculosis/microbiology
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