A correlation of Mycobacterium bovis SB0134 infection between cattle and a wild boar (Sus Scrofa) in Campania region. (September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sannino, Emanuela; Cardillo, Lorena; Paradiso, Rubina; Cerrone, Anna; Coppa, Paolo; Toscano, Valerio Marcello; D'Alessio, Nicola; Lucibelli, Maria Gabriella; Galiero, Giorgio; de Martinis, Claudio; Fusco, Giovanna
• Is Part Of: Veterinary and animal science. Volume 13(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-09
• Subjects: Wild boar -- Tuberculosis -- Mycobacterium bovis -- SB0134 -- Reservoir; IZSM Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno -- TB Tuberculosis -- bTB bovine tuberculosis -- MTbC Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex -- S.I.G.L.A. Informative System for Analysis Laboratories Management -- BDN National Informative System Database -- ORSA Epidemiologic and Biostatistic Regional Observatory
• DOI: 10.1016/j.vas.2021.100182
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2451-943X

Abstract

Abstract: A case of Mycobacterium bovis infection is described in a death adult female wild boar in the province of Avellino, Campania Region (Southern Italy). The carcass was sent to the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno (IZSM) of Portici, Naples, Italy, where postmortem examination was performed. At necropsy, a disseminated granulomatous infection was observed, with involvement of various lymph node districts, spleen and lungs. Therefore, all lymph nodes were collected, together with spleen and lung lesions, in order to carry out bacteriological and molecular analyses that confirmed an uncommon disseminated Mycobacterium bovis infection. Subsequently, an analysis of the spoligotype, performed by the National Reference Center of Mycobacterium bovis in Brescia (Northern Italy), resulted in the spoligotype SB0134, previously identified in bovine outbreaks in the same area where the wild boar was found.