This review gathers recent information about genomic and transcriptomic studies in the
Corynebacterium genus, exploring, for example, prediction of pathogenicity islands and …

Many wild swine populations in different parts of the W orld have experienced an
unprecedented demographic explosion that may result in increased exposure of humans to …

Feed efficiency (FE) is critical in pig production for both economic and environmental
reasons. As the intestinal microbiota plays an important role in energy harvest, it is likely to …

Background: Formerly, Arcanobacterium pyogenes was recently renamed Trueperella
pyogenes. This opportunistic bacterium is related to miscellaneous pyogenic infections in …

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an emerging disease among wild animals in many parts of the
world. Wildlife reservoir hosts may thus represent a potential source of infection for livestock …

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP)
cause zoonotic infections transmitted by birds and livestock herds. These pathogens have …

Infections caused by non‐tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are reported as emerging
disease in many countries worldwide. The occurrence of NTM in different hosts and their …

Mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis (TB), infects a wide range
of wild and domestic mammals. Despite a control programme spanning decades, M. bovis …

Surveillance of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is partly based on the sanitary inspection of
carcasses at the abattoir to detect bTB-like lesions which, in compliance with EU …

The occurrence of mycobacterial infections in different hosts and their implication as obligate
or opportunistic pathogens remain mainly unclear. In addition to the well‐known pathogenic …