Development of integrated surveillance systems for the management of tuberculosis in New Zealand wildlife

Figures & data

Table 1. Summary of the host distribution of the most frequently recorded restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) types of Mycobacterium bovis in New Zealand wildlife and farmed livestock. Source data obtained from necropsy samples of livestock and wildlife in New Zealand, 1986–2011 (GW de Lisle, unpublished data). M. bovis strain identification was undertaken by REA typing of tissue samples provided under contract to TBfree NZ (formerly the Animal Health Board of New Zealand) as part of the tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring programme.

Strain characteristics			Number of M. bovis strains isolated from 1982–2011 from different hosts
REA type	First isolated	Last isolated^a	Cattle	Deer^b	Cat^b	Ferret	Goat^b	Hedgehog	Horse	Pig^b	Possum	Sheep	Stoat	Total
115	1983	2011	390	60	1	19				25	30			525
198	1982	2011	79	80	2	21				17	5			204
21	1982	2011	128	19	2	14				15	23			201
62	1982	2011	99	29	5	28				26	11		1	199
37	1982	2010	36	12	3	8	2	2		18	77	1		159
151	1985	2010	98	18	1	9				1	6			133
20	1996	2011	78	21		1				30			1	131
93	1991	2011	80	32		12				6				130
12	1987	2011	79	9	1	5			1	16	8		3	122
164	1982	2011	38	18	1	13				2	4		1	77
19	1985	2011	35	24		1				8	5			73
39	1989	1998	8			1	1			1	53	1		65
219	1989	2008	29	2	1	5	1			1	21			60
187	1989	2010	27	22		4					4			57
11	1983	2010	22	14		11				1	8			56
53	1982	2008	39	3	1					7	3			53

^a REA typing was superseded by variable number tandem repeat for typing M. bovis after 2011.

^b Includes both domestic and feral animals.