Nation P N, Fanning E A, Hopf H B, Church T L
Laboratory Animal Service, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
Can Vet J. 1999 Feb;40(2):113-7.
This report describes and discusses the history, clinical, pathologic, epidemiologic, and human health aspects of an outbreak of Mycobacterium bovis infection in domestic wapiti in Alberta between 1990 and 1993, shortly after legislative changes allowing game farming. The extent and seriousness of the outbreak of M. bovis in wapiti in Alberta was not fully known at its onset. The clinical findings in the first recognized infected wapiti are presented and the postmortem records for the herd in which the animal resided are summarized. Epidemiologic findings from the subsequent field investigation are reviewed, the results of recognition and investigation of human exposure are updated, and recommendations for reduction of human exposure are presented.
本报告描述并讨论了1990年至1993年阿尔伯塔省圈养马鹿爆发牛分枝杆菌感染的历史、临床、病理、流行病学及对人类健康的影响，此次爆发发生在立法允许狩猎养殖后不久。阿尔伯塔省马鹿群中牛分枝杆菌爆发的范围和严重性在一开始并不完全清楚。本文呈现了首例确诊感染马鹿的临床症状，并总结了该动物所在鹿群的尸检记录。回顾了后续现场调查的流行病学结果，更新了对人类接触情况的识别和调查结果，并提出了减少人类接触的建议。
