Mycobacterium Pinnipedii Tuberculosis in a Free-ranging Australian Fur Seal (Arctocephalus Pusillus Doriferus) in South Australia

Overview

Journal J Zoo Wildl Med

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 2015 Jan 31

PMID 25632695

Citations 6

Authors

Wayne S J Boardman

Lisa Shephard

Ivan Bastian

Maria Globan

Janet A M Fyfe

Debby V Cousins

Aaron Machado

Lucy Woolford

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Abstract

This report describes the first case in South Australia, Australia, of Mycobacterium pinnipedii tuberculosis in a free-ranging Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus). Severe pyogranulomatous pleuropneumonia with intrahistocytic acid-fast beaded filamentous bacilli was seen on histology. M. pinnipedii was confirmed by full 24-loci mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat (MIRU-VNTR) typing. Spillover concerns for public health and cattle are discussed.

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