One isolate of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis was detected in 2,212 fecal samples of wild deer assembled in overwintering sites (OwS). Neither M. bovis nor M. a. subsp. avium was found. Therefore, congregating deer in OwSs does not automatically lead to the amplification of these pathogens among animals in OWSs.
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1 July 2011
Mycobacterial Screening of Czech Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) Populations in Overwintering Sites, 2004–2006
Radka Pribylova,
Jiri Lamka,
Marketa Kopecna,
Ivo Trcka,
Monika Moravkova,
Ivo Pavlik
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 47 • No. 3
July 2011
Vol. 47 • No. 3
July 2011