Tuberculosis in roe deer from Spain and Italy

TUBERCULOSIS (TB) is a chronic infectious disease caused by bacteria the genus Mycobacterium (Grange and others 1990). The detection wildlife reservoirs of disease is important, particularly in areas where is a relatively low incidence of the disease in domestic animals. cases in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) are reported only, despite the wide distribution and the abundance of this cervid. deer with TB have been reported in Germany (Schmidt 1938), (Bouvier 1963), France (Zanella and others 2008) and the (Gunning 1985, Delahay and others 2007). This short communication the first report of TB in roe deer in Spain and Italy, and discusses implications of these findings for wildlife and livestock disease control. prevalence of mycobacterial infections, such as TB and paratuberculosis, to be increasing in Spain. Wildlife species may act as disease, so this short communication also elucidates the epidemiology mycobacterial infections in species such as roe deer.