We examined 1,022 free-living roe deer, red deer, and fallow deer for mycobacteria in Germany, 2002–2006. Retropharyngeal lymph nodes and other tissues were processed for culture and isolates were identified with the use of polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing. Mycobacteria were found in 18.3% of deer, with Mycobacterium avium in 14.8%. Other atypical mycobacteria were detected in 5.3%. Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex were not detected.
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1 October 2011
Mycobacterial Infections in Free-living Cervids in Germany (2002–2006)
Irmgard Moser,
Elvira Schettler,
Helmut Hotzel,
Sven Herzog,
Kai Frölich
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 47 • No. 4
October 2011
Vol. 47 • No. 4
October 2011
Free-living cervids
Germany
infection
mycobacterial species