RT Journal Article
T1 Evaluation of Volatile Organic Compounds Obtained from Breath and Feces to Detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in Doñana National Park, Spain.
A1 Nol, Pauline
A1 Ionescu, Radu
A1 Geremariam Welearegay, Tesfalem
A1 Barasona, Jose Angel
A1 Vicente, Joaquin
A1 de Jesus Beleño-Sáenz, Kelvin
A1 Barrenetxea, Irati
A1 Jose Torres, Maria
A1 Ionescu, Florina
A1 Rhyan, Jack
K1 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
K1 Sus scrofa
K1 VOC
K1 swine
K1 volatile organic compounds
K1 wild boar
AB The presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) in wild swine, such as in wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Eurasia, is cause for serious concern. Development of accurate, efficient, and noninvasive methods to detect MTBC in wild swine would be highly beneficial to surveillance and disease management efforts in affected populations. Here, we describe the first report of identification of volatile organic compounds (VOC) obtained from the breath and feces of wild boar to distinguish between MTBC-positive and MTBC-negative boar. We analyzed breath and fecal VOC collected from 15 MTBC-positive and 18 MTBC-negative wild boar in Donaña National Park in Southeast Spain. Analyses were divided into three age classes, namely, adults (>2 years), sub-adults (12-24 months), and juveniles (2 years), sub-adults (12-24 months), and juveniles (
SN 2076-0817
YR 2020
FD 2020-05-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/27902
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/27902
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 6, 2025