Counterintuitive increase in observed subspecies prevalence in sympatric rabbits following the introduction of paratuberculosis control measures in cattle.

Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) is caused by the bacterium subspecies (). Achieving herd-level control of mycobacterial infection is notoriously difficult, despite widespread adoption of test-and-cull-based control strategies. The presence of infection in wildlife populations could be contributing to this difficulty.