Lack of evidence of paratuberculosis in wild canids from Southwestern Europe

• Published in: European Journal of Wildlife Research
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2012
• Subjects: Carnivore; Johne's disease; Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis; Mycobacterium bovis; Wildlife sentinel; Toledo; Garrido; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61538; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-010-0490-x

Abstract Wild carnivores are at the top of the trophic chain. They are predators and carrion consumers, and thus, prone to come in contact with disease agents contaminating the environment or infecting live or dead animals. We hypothesized that wild canids could be used as sentinels for the detectio...