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- Title
Bovine tuberculosis in an Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea) in the Republic of Korea.
- Authors
Lee, Hyunkyoung; Kim, Jae-Myung; Jang, Yunho; Lee, Kyunghyun; Baek, Kanghyun; Lee, Boram; Kim, Ha-Young; Lee, Myoung-Heon; Ryoo, Soyoon; Bae, You-Chan; Choi, Eun-Jin; So, ByungJae
- Abstract
Bovine tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis has a wide range of hosts including cattle and humans, but its incidence in otters is very rare. Our report describes a case of bovine tuberculosis in an Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea). A deceased female otter ~2–3 years of age that was raised in an aquarium was submitted to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (Anyang, Republic of Korea) for autopsy in June 2013. Following gross pathological examination, many white nodules were observed in the lungs and mesentery. The nodules showed central necrosis infiltrated with lymphocytes and macrophages and surrounded by fibrous tissue. Acid-fast bacteria were detected in the necrotic foci, but no fungi were observed. Molecular analysis led to the detection of M. bovis, which is identified in otters in some European countries such as Spain and France.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS in cattle; OTTERS; MYCOBACTERIUM bovis; VETERINARY histology; POLYMERASE chain reaction; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics)
- Publication
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 2015, Vol 27, Issue 5, p651
- ISSN
1040-6387
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1040638715600198