RT Journal Article
T1 Non-Invasive Method to Detect Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Wild Boar by Measurement of Volatile Organic Compounds Obtained from Feces with an Electronic Nose System
A1 de Jesús Beleño-Sáenz, Kelvin
A1 Cáceres Tarazona, Juan Martín
A1 Nol, Pauline
A1 Jaimes-Mogollón, Aylen Lisset
A1 Gualdrón-Guerrero, Oscar Eduardo
A1 Barasona García-Arévalo, José Ángel
A1 Durán-Acevedo, Cristhian Manuel
A1 Vicente, Joaquin
A1 Torres, María José
A1 Welearegay, Tesfalem Geremariam
A1 Österlund, Lars
A1 Rhyan, Jack
A1 Ionescu, Radu
AB More effective methods to detect bovine tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium bovis, in wildlife, is of paramount importance for preventing disease spread to other wild animals, livestock, and human beings. In this study, we analyzed the volatile organic compounds emitted by fecal samples collected from free-ranging wild boar captured in Doñana National Park, Spain, with an electronic nose system based on organically-functionalized gold nanoparticles. The animals were separated by the age group for performing the analysis. Adult (>24 months) and sub-adult (12–24 months) animals were anesthetized before sample collection, whereas the juvenile (<12 months) animals weremanually restrained while collecting the sample. Good accuracy was obtained for the adult and sub-adult classification models: 100% during the training phase and 88.9% during the testing pase for the adult animals, and 100% during both the training and testing phase for the sub-adult animals, respectively. The results obtained could be important for the further development of a non-invasive and less expensive detection method of bovine tuberculosis in wildlife populations.
PB MDPI
SN 1424-8220
YR 2021
FD 2021-01-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7342
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7342
LA eng
NO This research was funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Services, Wildlife Services, National Feral Swine Program, the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Services, Veterinary Services (contract no. 15-9408-0367), the SaBio Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC) (MINECO, AEI/FEDER, UE, AGL2016-76358-R), European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 777832, and COMBIVET ERA Chair, H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-04, grant agreement no. 857418.
NO United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Services,Wildlife Services
NO the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Services, Veterinary Services
NO SaBio Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC)
NO European Union’s Horizon 2020
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025