SYSTEMIC BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN A CRESTED PORCUPINE (HYSTRIX CRISTATA) IN THE MARCHE REGION, ITALY

Authors    Cambiotti V, Angeloni G, Conquista M, Rossi G, Galosi L, Manuali E, Pavone S, Barboni R C, Papa P, Faccenda L, Gavaudan S

Abstract    Tuberculosis is a worldwide zoonosis involving a wide range of hosts among domestic and wild animals. We describe tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis in a wild crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) found dead in the district of Macerata, Marche Region, Italy in 2019.

Publish Date  2021

Volume     57 (3)

ISSN         1943-3700

DOI           doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-20-00164

URL          https://meridian.allenpress.com/jwd/article/57/3/705/465433/Systemic-Bovine-Tuberculosis-in-a-Crested

Journal    Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Pages      705-707

PMID       34019672