title: Mycobacterial infections in free-living cervids in Germany (2002-2006).
abstract: We examined 1,022 free-living roe deer, red deer, and fallow deer for mycobacteria in Germany, 2002-2006. Retropharyngeal lymph nodes and other tissues were processed for culture and isolates were identified with the use of polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing. Mycobacteria were found in 18.3% of deer, with Mycobacterium avium in 14.8%. Other atypical mycobacteria were detected in 5.3%. Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex were not detected.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Naumburger Strasse 96a, 07743 Jena, Germany. irmgard.moser@fli.bund.de
authors.forename: Irmgard
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schettler
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hotzel
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herzog
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Frölich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology; D003670:Deer / Q000382:microbiology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*