An outbreak of Mycobacterium bovis infection in fallow deer (Dama dama).
In an outbreak of Mycobacterium bovis infection in fallow deer in South Australia, 3 herds related by recent movement of deer were infected. From these 3 infected herds, 47 of 51 animals were tuberculosis at necropsy. A range of lesions was seen most of which differed from classical bovine tuberculosis in that pus was a white liquid, fibrous encapsulation was not marked and calcification was rare. Histopathology was of classical tuberculosis. M. bovis was cultured from lesions and M. avium-intracellulare was cultured from one deer with no visible lesions. The source of M. bovis infection has not been determined.
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South Australian Department of Agriculture, Central Region, Adelaide.
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Stevens
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D000818:Animals; D003670:Deer; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis; D013021:South Australia; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*