Tuberculosis -- United States
In the original post, a great question was posed: Did the isolates from the Oregon zoo elephants match genotypes of isolates from prior TB outbreaks in elephants at other facilities? I verified with the National Veterinary Services Laboratory that the elephants' genotype have never been isolated in elephants in the US. In fact, most of the TB infections in elephants are new introductions and do not match genotypes of isolates from prior TB outbreaks in elephants. The Hawthorn Circus strain is
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