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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,dagger 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 apparent in the prevalence of the disease in rabbits, with a significantly higher incidence occurring in the Tayside region. Statistical analysis showed a significant relationship between a previous history or current problem of paratuberculosis in cattle and the presence of paratuberculosis in rabbits on the farms. Molecular genetic typing techniques could not discriminate between selected rabbit and cattle isolates from the same or different farms, suggesting that the same strain may infect and cause disease in both species and that interspecies transmission may occur. The possibility of interspecies transmission and the involvement of wildlife in the epidemiology of paratuberculosis have important implications for the control of the disease.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Moredun Research Institute, International Research Centre, Pentland Science Park, Bush Loan, 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.

dagger 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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