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¹ Infectious Diseases Area, Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Murcia University, 30100, Murcia, Spain;
² Department of Applied Biology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avda María Luisa s/n E-41013 Sevilla, Spain;
³ Centro de Investigación Agraria Albaladejito, Ctra. Toledo-Cuenca, km 174, Cuenca, Spain
⁴ Corresponding author (email: albaladejito16b{at}jccm.es)

ABSTRACT:   We conducted a retrospective serologic survey for antibodies against the MPB70 protein of Mycobacterium bovis in wild carnivores from Doñana National Park (southwestern Spain). Serum samples from 118 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), 39 Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), 31 Eurasian badgers (Meles meles), five Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), four European genet (Genetta genetta), and one Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) were analyzed using an indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunoassay. Antibodies against the MPB70 protein of M. bovis were detected in seven badgers, five foxes, and one lynx. The frequency of positive animals was significantly higher in badger (23%) than in lynx (3%) and fox (4%). Antibodies were not detected in other species. Annual antibody frequency peaked at 38% in badgers and 11% for red fox. These species may contribute to persistence of bovine tuberculosis in Doñana.
  Key words:  Badger, Doñana, epidemiology, Iberian lynx, MPB70, Mycobacterium bovis, red fox, wild carnivores.

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