Application of Rapid Serologic Tests for Detection of Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Free-Ranging Warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus)--Implications for Antemortem Disease Screening.

Michele Miller Peter Buss Lin-Mari de Klerk-Lorist Jennifer Hofmeyr Guy Hausler Konstantin Lyashchenko Emily P Lane Louise Botha Sven Parsons Paul van Helden

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1 Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, PO Box 241, Cape Town 8000, South Africa.

Published: January 2016

Warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) have been implicated as potential maintenance hosts of Mycobacterium bovis. Our preliminary investigation of bovine tuberculosis in three warthogs describes pathologic findings and associated positive serologic results in two infected animals. This demonstrates the potential use of serodiagnostic tests for M. bovis infection in this species.

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