title: Paratuberculosis in wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
abstract: A survey of wild rabbits in Tayside, Scotland revealed that 67 per cent were infected with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis. In general, the infected rabbits had histopathological changes within the lymph nodes and intestines which were consistent with the changes due to paratuberculosis in ruminants. The survey raises the possibility that rabbits and other wildlife may be involved in the epidemiology of paratuberculosis, a possibility which has important implications for the control of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Greig
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Pirie
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D016927:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011817:Rabbits; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology