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Mycobacterium bovis infection in the brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus vulpecula): I. Preliminary observations on experimental infection
Authors:LA Corner  PJA Presidente
Institution:1. CSIRO, Division of Animal Health, Animal Health Research Laboratory, Private Bag No. 1, Parkville, Victoria. 3052 Australia;2. University of Melbourne, Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences, Veterinary Clinical Centre, Werribee, Victoria. 3030 Australia
Abstract:An Australian cattle strain of Mycobacterium bovis was injected intramuscularly into 10 brush-tailed possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) which were shown to be highly sensitive to experimental infection with this organism. The possums were killed and examined throughout the course of infection. At necropsy, gross and microscopic lesions were recorded and several tissues cultured for recovery of M. bovis. Infection spread rapidly via the lymphatic system from the injection site to the lumbar lymph nodes, then to the spleen. There was a bacteraemia after 2 week and by 6 weeks lesions were present in spleen, lymph nodes, lungs and kidneys; M. bovis proliferated rapidly and host response was minimal. Few organisms were detected in the liver where miliary lesions were found. M. bovis was excreted in large numbers in urine, faeces and discharging sinuses from subcutaneous abscesses. In two possums that died early in the infection, stress had rendered then more susceptible; infection spread more rapidly than in other possums and liver involvement was more severe. Although aerosol transmission was considered to be a possible means of spreading M. bovis, three in-contact possums did not acquire infection.
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