Avian Tuberculosis in Wild Birds in the Netherlands

T. Smit; A. Eger; J. Haagsma; T. Bakhuizen

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-23.3.485

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1 July 1987 Avian Tuberculosis in Wild Birds in the Netherlands

T. Smit, A. Eger, J. Haagsma, T. Bakhuizen

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 23(3):485-487 (1987). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-23.3.485

Abstract

Mycobacterium avium was isolated from 82 of 11,664 birds submitted for necropsy in The Netherlands. All isolated M. avium strains belonged to serotype 1, 2 or 3. The greatest number M. avium were from buzzards and falcons. The prevalence of tuberculosis in gulls is extremely low.

Smit, Eger, Haagsma, and Bakhuizen: Avian Tuberculosis in Wild Birds in the Netherlands

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T. Smit, A. Eger, J. Haagsma, and T. Bakhuizen "Avian Tuberculosis in Wild Birds in the Netherlands," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 23(3), 485-487, (1 July 1987). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-23.3.485

Received: 21 July 1986; Published: 1 July 1987

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