Wildlife as a Potential Reservoir of Paratuberculosis: Molecular Evidence of Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis in a Biosphere Reserve, the Sudan
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) causes paratuberculosis (PTB), a chronic wasting enteritis of domestic and wild ruminants. Although the disease and/or its aetiology have been reported in livestock in the Sudan, they have not been investigated in wild animals. This study investigated MAP DNA preval...