Prevalence and spatial distribution of bovine tuberculosis in brushtail possums on a forest-scrub margin

Abstract
Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis was diagnosed in 36 of 68 (53%) brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) trapped in August 1992 from a population of exceptionally low density (trap catch Mustela erminea) and one of six hares (Lepus europaeus occidentalis) trapped were also infected with M. bovis.