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Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis infection in a donkey |
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| Authors: | J. Bryan P. den Boon J. McGuirk G. Madigan R. Skuce U. Fogarty |
| Affiliation: | 1. Veterinary Pathobiology, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland;2. The Donkey Sanctuary, Co. Cork, Ireland;3. Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Backweston, Co. Kildare, Ireland;4. Agrifood and Biosciences Institute, Queens University Belfast, UK;5. Irish Equine Centre, Naas, Ireland |
| Abstract: | Mycobacterial infections are rare in equines. Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) is an important zoonotic bacterial pathogen causing disease in a wide range of animal species and sporadically causes severe disseminated disease in horses. This report describes the clinical, gross post‐mortem examination and histopathological findings in a case of disseminated M. bovis infection in a donkey which to the authors’ knowledge has not been previously documented in the scientific literature. |
| Keywords: | horse Mycobacterium bovis tuberculosis donkey granulomatous pneumonia |