Long-term assessment of wild boar harvesting and cattle removal for bovine tuberculosis control in free ranging populations

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dc.contributor.authorMentaberre, Gregorio
dc.contributor.authorRomero Martínez, Beatriz
dc.contributor.authorJuan Ferré, Lucía De
dc.contributor.authorNavarro González, Nora
dc.contributor.authorVelarde, Roser
dc.contributor.authorMarco, Ignasi
dc.contributor.authorMateos García, Ana Isabel
dc.contributor.authorOlivé-Boix, Xavier
dc.contributor.authorLavín, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorSerrano, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorDomínguez Rodríguez, Lucas José
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-19T15:04:40Z
dc.date.available2023-06-19T15:04:40Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractWild boar is a recognized reservoir of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in the Mediterranean ecosystems, but information is scarce outside of hotspots in southern Spain. We describe the first high-prevalence focus of TB in a non-managed wild boar population in northern Spain and the result of eight years of TB management. Measures implemented for disease control included the control of the local wild boar population through culling and stamping out of a sympatric infected cattle herd. Post-mortem inspection for detection of tuberculosis-like lesions as well as cultures from selected head and cervical lymph nodes was done in 745 wild boar, 355 Iberian ibexes and five cattle between 2004 and 2012. The seasonal prevalence of TB reached 70% amongst adult wild boar and ten different spoligotypes and 13 MIRU-VNTR profiles were detected, although more than half of the isolates were included in the same clonal complex. Only 11% of infected boars had generalized lesions. None of the ibexes were affected, supporting their irrelevance in the epidemiology of TB. An infected cattle herd grazed the zone where 168 of the 197 infected boars were harvested. Cattle removal and wild boar culling together contributed to a decrease in TB prevalence. The need for holistic, sustained over time, intensive and adapted TB control strategies taking into account the multi-host nature of the disease is highlighted. The potential risk for tuberculosis emergence in wildlife scenarios where the risk is assumed to be low should be addressed.
dc.description.facultyCentro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET)
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/39639
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0088824
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.officialurlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088824
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35280
dc.issue.number2
dc.journal.titlePLoS ONE
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.initiale88824
dc.publisherPublic Library Science
dc.relation.projectIDFAU2006-00011
dc.relation.projectIDFAU2008-00021
dc.rightsAtribución 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
dc.subject.ucmVeterinaria
dc.subject.unesco3109 Ciencias Veterinarias
dc.titleLong-term assessment of wild boar harvesting and cattle removal for bovine tuberculosis control in free ranging populations
dc.typejournal article
dc.volume.number9
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