Control of Mycobacterium bovis infection in two sika deer herds in Ireland

Irish Veterinary Journal

Simon More³  John Egan²  Dónal Toolan⁴  Tom Partridge¹ 

[1] Department of Agriculture Fisheries & Food, District Veterinary Office, Waterford, Co. Waterford, Ireland;Department of Agriculture Fisheries & Food, Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Backweston Campus, Co. Kildare, Ireland;Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland;Department of Agriculture Fisheries & Food, Kilkenny Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Hebron Road, Leggatsrath, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

关键词: nippon;    Cervus;    deer;    sika;    tuberculosis;    bovis;    Mycobacterium;   

Others  :  1150265
DOI  :  10.1186/2046-0481-61-1-27

【 摘 要 】

In a number of countries, tuberculosis (due to infection with Mycobacterium bovis) is a significant health problem of captive deer. This paper describes outbreaks of bovine tuberculosis in sika deer (Cervus nippon) on two farms in Ireland and the methods used to control the disease. On Farm A, infection was first detected during 1993. The infection was eradicated using a programme of test and removal, in association with segregation of young animals. A second outbreak (also due to infection with M. bovis, but a different RFLP profile) was detected in 2002. In the latter outbreak, infection was particularly prevalent in two groups of young deer. M. bovis with the same RFLP profile was also isolated in a badger found dead on the farm. Control was achieved by test and removal in association with herd management changes. In Herd B, infection was first detected in 1995, and subsequently eradicated using test and removal alone. In Herd A, re-infection remains an ongoing risk. Control rather than eradication of infection may more realistic in the short-to medium-term.

   

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