Avian mycobacteriosis in free-living raptors in Majorca Island, Spain

• Published in: Avian pathology Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: Millán, Javier, Negre, Nieves, Castellanos, Elena, Juan, Lucía de, Mateos, Ana, Parpal, Lluis, Aranaz, Alicia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis Group 01.02.2010; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Alleles; Animals; Animals, Wild; Asio otus; Bacteria; bird diseases; Birds; birds of prey; disease diagnosis; disease incidence; disease prevalence; disease reservoirs; Falco peregrinus; Falco tinnunculus; Genetic Loci; Genotype; geographical distribution; Hieraaetus pennatus; intestines; Intestines - microbiology; Intestines - pathology; liver; Liver - microbiology; Liver - pathology; loci; microbial genetics; mycobacterial diseases; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium avium - genetics; Mycobacterium avium - isolation & purification; Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium; necropsy; pathogen identification; Pathology; Prevalence; Raptors - microbiology; Spain; species differences; spleen; Spleen - microbiology; Spleen - pathology; Studies; Tandem Repeat Sequences; temporal variation; Tuberculosis, Avian - epidemiology; Tuberculosis, Avian - microbiology; Tyto alba; wild birds; Balearic Islands; Spain; Majorca; Life Sciences

Avian mycobacteriosis is a chronic, infectious disease caused by different species of mycobacteria, usually belonging to the Mycobacterium avium complex. From 2004 to 2007, 589 raptors brought dead or sick to a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Majorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) were necropsied. The...