Banded mongoose
Two mongoose take an afternoon nap. This highly social species is threatened by a novel tuberculosis pathogen.
Wednesday 11 May 2016
Tuberculosis in mongoose driven by social behaviors
Tuberculosis in mongoose driven by social behaviors: Mongoose use urine and anal gland secretions to communicate with other members of their species. However, in the mongoose, secretions from sick animals were found to be infected with the TB pathogen.
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