Feasibility of using coyotes (Canis latrans) as sentinels for bovine mycobacteriosis (Mycobacterium bovis) infection in wild cervids in and around Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada.
J Wildl Dis
; 43(3): 432-8, 2007 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-17699081
ABSTRACT
Elk (Cervus elaphus manitobensis) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the Riding Mountain National Park (RMNP) region of southwestern Manitoba have been identified as a likely wildlife reservoir of Mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent of bovine mycobacteriosis in livestock. The feasibility of using coyotes (Canis latrans) collected from trappers as a sentinel species was investigated. Retropharyngeal, mesenteric, and colonic lymph nodes and tonsils collected at necropsy from 82 coyotes were examined by bacterial culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and acid-fast histopathology. Mycobacterium bovis was not identified in any animal by culture or PCR although Mycobacterium avium species were isolated. A single acid-fast organism was identified on histopathologic examination of one animal. Based on the methods used in this study, trapper-caught coyotes do not appear to be a sensitive sentinel species of M. bovis infection in cervids in and around RMNP.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose
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Tuberculose Bovina
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Vigilância de Evento Sentinela
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Coiotes
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Mycobacterium bovis
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Wildl Dis
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá