Walter W David, Anderson Charles W, Smith Rick, Vanderklok Mike, Averill James J, Vercauteren Kurt C
National Wildlife Research Center, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, United States Department of Agriculture, 4101 LaPorte Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA ; US Geological Survey, Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Pennsylvania State University, 403 Forest Resources Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Vet Med Int. 2012;2012:616318. doi: 10.1155/2012/616318. Epub 2012 Sep 6.
The Animal Industry Division of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has been challenged with assisting farmers with modifying farm practices to reduce potential for exposure to Mycobacterium bovis from wildlife to cattle. The MDARD recommendations for on-farm risk mitigation practices were developed from experiences in the US, UK and Ireland and a review of the scientific literature. The objectives of our study were to review the present state of knowledge on M. bovis excretion, transmission, and survival in the environment and the interactions of wildlife and cattle with the intention of determining if the current recommendations by MDARD on farm practices are adequate and to identify additional changes to farm practices that may help to mitigate the risk of transmission. This review will provide agencies with a comprehensive summary of the scientific literature on mitigation of disease transmission between wildlife and cattle and to identify lacunae in published research.
密歇根农业和农村发展部(MDARD)的动物产业司面临着一项挑战,即协助农民改变养殖方式,以降低野生动物将牛分枝杆菌传播给牛的可能性。MDARD关于农场风险缓解措施的建议是根据美国、英国和爱尔兰的经验以及对科学文献的审查制定的。我们研究的目的是回顾关于牛分枝杆菌在环境中的排泄、传播和存活以及野生动物与牛的相互作用的现有知识状况,以确定MDARD目前关于养殖方式的建议是否充分,并确定养殖方式的其他变化,这些变化可能有助于降低传播风险。本综述将为各机构提供关于减轻野生动物与牛之间疾病传播的科学文献的全面总结,并确定已发表研究中的空白。