<i>Mycobacterium bovis</i>infections in wild ferrets

Lisle, Geoffrey W. de; Crews, K.B.; Zwart, J. de; Jackson, Ron; Knowles, G.J.E.; Paterson, K.D.; MacKenzie, R.W.; Waldrup, Kenneth A.; Walker, Robert

doi:10.1080/00480169.1993.35757

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“…However ferrets belong to the family mustelidae as do badgers. Free living ferrets (Mustela putoris) have been found to be infected in several locations in New Zealand where their infections were considered to have arisen from cattle or deer (de Lisle et al, 1993). Subsequent studies have implicated ferrets as the possible source of infection for some outbreaks of tuberculosis in cattle in New Zealand (Ragg et al, 1995) M.bovis was cultured from 2 moles (Talpa europaeus) from a farm in Cornwall (Report, 1976).…”

Section: Overspill Of Infection To Other Wildlifementioning

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Tuberculosis in badgers; a review of the disease and its significance for other animals

Gallagher

Clifton-Hadley

2000

Research in Veterinary Science

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Tuberculosis in badgers; a review of the disease and its significance for other animals

Gallagher

Clifton-Hadley

2000

Research in Veterinary Science

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“…Mycobacteriosis is one of the most important diseases of feral ferrets in New Zealand. Ferrets were originally released in New Zealand in the 1880s to help control rabbit populations, and the number of feral ferrets is large [2, 3, 10, 14]. Compared with other feral carnivores in New Zealand, only ferrets have a high incidence of mycobacteriosis [4, 9, 10, 14].…”

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Mycobacteriosis in a Domestic Ferret (<i>Mustela putorius furo</i>)

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A 4-year-old spayed female ferret presented with a 2-month history of anorexia, vomiting and occasional diarrhea. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed thickening of the gastric wall and enlarged abdominal lymph nodes. Biopsy samples from the thickened gastric wall, enlarged abdominal lymph nodes and liver were taken during an exploratory laparotomy. Based on the histopathological examination, mycobacterium infection was diagnosed. The bacterial species could not be identified by additional diagnostic tests of feces, including fecal smear, culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The ferret was treated with prednisolone and multiple antimicrobials, including rifampicin, azithromycin and enrofloxacin, but did not improve with treatment and died 220 days after the first presentation.

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“…Three factors provided the impetus for examining free-ranging carnivores and omnivores for tuberculosis in northeastern Michigan First was the implication of nonruminant wildlife as a reservoir of tuberculosis in New Zealand (de Lisle, 1993), Great Britain (Clifton-Hadley, 1996), and Ireland (Collins et al, 1994). Second, the wide host range of M. bovis (Francis, 1958).…”

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Bovine Tuberculosis in Free-Ranging Carnivores From Michigan

Bruning-Fann

Schmitt

Fitzgerald

et al. 2001

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

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During a survey of carnivores and omnivores for bovine tuberculosis conducted in Michigan (USA) since 1996, Mycobacterium bovis was cultured from lymph nodes pooled from six coyotes (Canis latrans) (four adult female, two adult male), two adult male raccoons (Procyon lotor), one adult male red fox (Vulpes vulpes), and one 1.5-yr-old male black bear (Ursus americanus). One adult, male bobcat (Felis rufus) with histologic lesions suggestive of tuberculosis was negative on culture but positive for organisms belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex when tested by polymerase chain reaction. All the tuberculous animals were taken from three adjoining counties where M. bovis is known to be endemic in the free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) population. There were two coyotes, one raccoon, one red fox, and one bobcat infected in Alpena county. Montmorency County had two coyotes and one raccoon with M. bovis. Two coyotes and a bear were infected from Alcona County. These free-ranging carnivores/omnivores probably became infected with M. bovis through consumption of tuberculous deer. Other species included in the survey were opossum (Didelphis virginiana), gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), and badger (Taxidea taxus); these were negative for M. bovis.

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Mycobacterium bovisinfections in wild ferrets

Cited by 28 publications

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Tuberculosis in badgers; a review of the disease and its significance for other animals

Tuberculosis in badgers; a review of the disease and its significance for other animals

Mycobacteriosis in a Domestic Ferret (<i>Mustela putorius furo</i>)

Bovine Tuberculosis in Free-Ranging Carnivores From Michigan

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