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However, there are still data and knowledge gaps regarding the role of deer in the epidemiology of this disease. This paper presents the results of a serological survey to estimate the prevalence of\n                      <jats:italic>M. bovis<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection in a large wild deer population in the bTB high\u2010risk area of southwest England.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Blood samples were collected postmortem over a 12\u2010month period from wild deer shot during annual population controls in the Exmoor area and tested for\n                      <jats:italic>M. bovis<\/jats:italic>\n                      serum antibodies. True seroprevalence of\n                      <jats:italic>M. bovis<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection in the study population was estimated by accounting for the imperfect diagnostic accuracy of the IDEXX test used.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Overall, 432 individual animal samples were tested, predominantly from red deer (80.3%). Sixty\u2010nine (16.0%) were seropositive, with the estimated true seroprevalence being 27.4% (95% confidence interval 19.9%\u201336.3%). Prevalence did not appear to differ between sexes or species. Few positive samples were observed in the youngest animals.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Limitations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>As convenience sampling of deer carcases was used, a degree of bias in the results cannot be excluded. Estimation of true seroprevalence was affected by the imperfect performance of the IDEXX test in deer.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This study provides valuable insight into\n                      <jats:italic>M. bovis<\/jats:italic>\n                      seroprevalence in this wild deer population, which is at the upper end of prevalence estimates reported in deer worldwide. Our results should be interpreted alongside other relevant information, including species\u2010specific ecology, epidemiology and disease pathology, to inform potential transmission risks between cattle and wild deer.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/vetr.70547","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,17]],"date-time":"2026-04-17T11:59:48Z","timestamp":1776427188000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Estimating the seroprevalence of\n                    <i>Mycobacterium bovis<\/i>\n                    infection in a wild deer population in southwest England"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"199","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-8766-1140","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rachel","family":"Jinks","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Animal and Plant Health Agency  Addlestone UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alison","family":"Hollingdale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Animal and Plant Health Agency  Addlestone UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rachelle","family":"Avigad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Animal and Plant Health Agency  Addlestone UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Juan","family":"Velarde","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Animal and Plant Health Agency  Addlestone UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chris","family":"Pugsley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Animal and Plant Health Agency  Addlestone UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ricardo","family":"de la Rua\u2010Domenech","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Animal and Plant Health Agency  Addlestone UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Charlotte","family":"Pritchard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Animal and Plant Health Agency  Addlestone UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tony","family":"Roberts","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Animal and Plant Health Agency  Addlestone UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julia","family":"Pastor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Animal and Plant Health Agency  Addlestone UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nick","family":"Robinson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Animal and Plant Health Agency  Addlestone UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ruth","family":"Maynes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Animal and Plant Health Agency  Addlestone UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Susan","family":"Withenshaw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Animal and Plant Health Agency  Addlestone UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Graham","family":"Smith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Wildlife Management Centre Animal and Plant Health Agency  York UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fvets.2018.00109"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","volume-title":"The strategy for achieving Officially Bovine Tuberculosis Free status for England","author":"Defra","year":"2014"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","volume-title":"The government's response to the strategy review, 2018","author":"Defra","year":"2018"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_5_1","volume-title":"Bovine TB strategy review","author":"Godfray HCJ","year":"2018"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_6_1","volume-title":"Bovine TB strategy review update","author":"Godfray HCJ","year":"2025"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_7_1","volume-title":"Government to end badger cull with new TB eradication strategy","author":"Defra","year":"2024"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_8_1","volume-title":"Bovine tuberculosis in England in 2022","author":"Animal and Plant Health Agency","year":"2022"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_9_1","volume-title":"Tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in Great Britain. 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