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A review of bovine tuberculosis transmission risk in European wildlife communities

Abstract Understanding how disease moves through wildlife communities is essential to managing outbreaks of zoonotic diseases across the globe. Bovine tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis that can threaten domestic and wildlife species. The mechanism by which Mycobacterium bovis is spread between species is still poorly understood. Previous reviews are limited in the breadth of species considered and are primarily concerned with transmission from wildlife to domestic species. We conducted a review and analysis of Mycobacterium bovis prevalence rates in European wildlife species to identify species of concern for the transmission of bovine tuberculosis in a wildlife community. We subsequently conducted a narrative review of these species assessing the risk of Mycobacterium bovis transmission in a …

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