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Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015
Dispatch

Red Deer as Maintenance Host for Bovine Tuberculosis, Alpine Region

Maria FinkComments to Author , Corina Schleicher, Monika Gonano, Wolfgang M. Prodinger, Maria Pacciarini, Walter Glawischnig, Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis, Chris Walzer, Gabrielle L. Stalder, Dorotea Lombardo, Hermann Schobesberger, Petra Winter, and Mathias Büttner
Author affiliations: Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Moedling, Austria (M. Fink, M. Gonano); Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Graz, Austria (C. Schleicher); Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria (W.M. Prodinger); Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy (M. Pacciarini); Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Innsbruck (W. Glawischnig); University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (M.-P. Ryser-Degiorgis); University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria (C. Walzer, G.L. Stalder, H. Schobesberger, P. Winter); Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Bolzano, Italy (D. Lombardo); Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleißheim, Germany (M. Büttner)

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Figure 2

Statistically evident spatial cluster of Mycobacterium caprae–positive red deer in the Alpine region, 2009-10, 2010-2011, and 2011-12 hunting seasons. Area in red circle contained significantly more M. caprae–positive red deer than the remaining study area (p<0.001). Inset shows location of Austria and Germany within Europe (shading).

Figure 2. Statistically evident spatial cluster of Mycobacterium caprae–positive red deer in the Alpine region, 2009-10, 2010-2011, and 2011-12 hunting seasons. Area in red circle contained significantly more M. caprae–positive red deer than the remaining study area (p<0.001). Inset shows location of Austria and Germany within Europe (shading).

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