Mycobacterium bovis in an Egyptian mongoose

BOVINE TB is a chronic and contagious infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis and closely related members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) that has been reported in numerous wildlife species worldwide (de Lisle and others 2002, Delahay and others 2007). In July 2011, a juvenile male Egyptian mongoose ( Herpestes ichneumon ) was found dead due to vehicular trauma in Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal, and submitted to the histopathology service of the Department of Animal Science at the Polytechnic Institute …