Tuberculin test results from 214 animals in three Swedish zoos, tested between the years 1993 and 2000, were compiled from a questionnaire sent out to zoo veterinarians. Comparative testing with bovine and avian tuberculin was used on various sites of injection. A total of five skin test reactors were found: three cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) in one zoo and two tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in another zoo. Postmortem culture from one of the tapirs revealed growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and a stamping out policy was adopted in the herd. Tuberculosis in the primates was ruled out by further investigations. Zoo veterinarians should try to adopt a common scheme for the regular testing of zoo animals to improve the diagnostic ability and comparison of results between institutions.
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1 December 2002
SURVEY OF TUBERCULIN TESTING IN SWEDISH ZOOS
Susanna Sternberg,
Karin Bernodt,
Andrea Holmström,
Bengt Röken
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 33 • No. 4
December 2002
Vol. 33 • No. 4
December 2002
Mycobacterium
tuberculin testing
TUBERCULOSIS
zoo animals