Bovine tuberculosis in a wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Poland

J Wildl Dis. 2014 Oct;50(4):1001-2. doi: 10.7589/2013-07-187. Epub 2014 Jul 30.

Abstract

Poland is officially tuberculosis free and bovine tuberculosis (BTB) cases are rarely found except in bovids. We found BTB in a wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the Bieszczady Mountains, southeastern Poland. Studies suggest possible transmission of infection between free-living European bison (Bison bonasus caucasicus) and wild boar in this area.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Female
  • Mycobacterium bovis / isolation & purification*
  • Poland / epidemiology
  • Sus scrofa*
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis / veterinary*