Emerg Infect DiseidEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control107561552640855Research ArticleBovine tuberculosis and the endangered Iberian lynx.BrionesV.vbriones@eucmax.sim.ucm.esde JuanL.SánchezC.VelaA. I.GalkaM.MonteroGoyacheJ.AranazA.DomìnguezL.Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.Mar-Apr200062189191

We report the first case of bovine tuberculosis in a free-living Iberian lynx (Lynx pardina), an extremely endangered feline, from Doñana National Park in Spain. The isolate (Mycobacterium bovis) correlates by molecular characterization with other isolates from wild ungulates in the park, strongly suggesting an epidemiologic link. Mycobacterium bovis infects many animal species, with wild and free-ranging domestic ungulates being the main reservoirs in nature (1).