Red Deer as Maintenance Host for Bovine Tuberculosis, Alpine Region

Fink, Maria; Schleicher, Corina; Gonano, Monika; Prodinger, Wolfgang M.; Pacciarini, Maria; Glawischnig, Walter; Ryser-Degiorgis, Marie-Pierre; Walzer, Chris; Stalder, Gabrielle L.; Lombardo, Dorotea; Schobesberger, Hermann; Winter, Petra; Büttner, Mathias

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Red Deer as Maintenance Host for Bovine Tuberculosis, Alpine Region

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Mar 2015

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Emerg Infect Dis. 21(3):464-467.

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Fink, Maria ; Schleicher, Corina ; Gonano, Monika ; Prodinger, Wolfgang M. ; Pacciarini, Maria ; ... More ▼

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To estimate the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in the Alpine region, we studied the epidemiology of Mycobacterium caprae in wildlife during the 2009-2012 hunting seasons. Free-ranging red deer (Cervus elaphus) were a maintenance host in a hot-spot area, mainly located in Austria.

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