Tuberculosis-Associated Death among Adult Wild Boars, Spain, 2009–2014

Abstract

We investigated adult Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) survival and death in 2 tuberculosis-endemic populations with different harvest pressure in Spain. Overall, tuberculosis accounted for 30% of total deaths. Increased survival in protected areas has direct implications for wild boar management and tuberculosis control.

Keywords

• Disease control
• disease-related mortality
• GPS monitoring
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
• wild boar
• wildlife surveillance