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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 1999, p. 1746-1751, Vol. 37, No. 6
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Epidemiological Study of Paratuberculosis in Wild Rabbits in Scotland

Alastair Greig,¹ Karen Stevenson,²^,^* Dennis Henderson,¹ Valentin Perez,²^, Valerie Hughes,² Ivo Pavlik,³ Murray E. Hines II,⁴ Iain McKendrick,⁵ and J. Michael Sharp²

SAC Veterinary Science Division, Perth PH1 1HF,¹ Moredun Research Institute, International Research Centre, Pentland Science Park, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 OPZ,² Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ,⁵ Scotland, United Kingdom; Veterinary Research Institute, 621 32 Brno, Czech Republic³; and Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, University of Georgia, Tifton, Georgia 31793⁴

Received 1 September 1998/Returned for modification 20 October 1998/Accepted 27 January 1999

A survey of 22 farms confirmed the presence of paratuberculosis in wild rabbits in Scotland. Regional differences were apparentin the prevalence of the disease in rabbits, with a significantlyhigher incidence occurring in the Tayside region. Statisticalanalysis showed a significant relationship between a previoushistory or current problem of paratuberculosis in cattle and thepresence of paratuberculosis in rabbits on the farms. Moleculargenetic typing techniques could not discriminate between selectedrabbit and cattle isolates from the same or different farms, suggestingthat the same strain may infect and cause disease in both speciesand that interspecies transmission may occur. The possibilityof interspecies transmission and the involvement of wildlife inthe epidemiology of paratuberculosis have important implicationsfor the control of thedisease.

^* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Moredun Research Institute, International Research Centre, Pentland Science Park, BushLoan, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0PZ, Scotland, United Kingdom.Phone: 44-131-445-5111. Fax: 44-131-445-6111. E-mail: stevk{at}mri.sari.ac.uk.

Present address: Histologia y Anatomia Patologica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Leon, Leon,Spain.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 1999, p. 1746-1751, Vol. 37, No. 6
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

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