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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Cattle Owners Towards Bovine Tuberculosis in and Around Nekemte Town, Western Ethiopia

Veterinary Medicine and Science
Background Bovine tuberculosis is listed among the top three animal diseases that cause major animal and public health concerns in Ethiopia. Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAPs) of farmers towards bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopia remain insufficiently
Yihenew Getahun Ambaw, Getacho Aga, Ambachew Motbaynor Wubaye, Simachew Getaneh Endalamew, Alebachew Tilahun Wassie, Simegnew Adugna Kallu   +5 more
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Investigation of Nickle Nanoclusters Properties by Density Functional Theory [PDF]

International Journal of New Chemistry, 2018
Clusters play important role for understanding and transferring microscopic to macroscopic properties.Geometric and electron properties of Small nickel clusters up to the tetramer has been investigated by Density Functional Theory (DFT).
Aram Ghaempanah, Darioush Sharafie
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Tracing cross species transmission of Mycobacterium bovis at the wildlife/livestock interface in South Africa

BMC Microbiology, 2020
Background Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) affects cattle and wildlife in South Africa with the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) as the principal maintenance host. The presence of a wildlife maintenance host at the wildlife/livestock interface acting as spill-
Petronillah R. Sichewo, Tiny M. Hlokwe, Eric M. C. Etter, Anita L. Michel   +3 more
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Is bovine density and ownership associated with human tuberculosis in India?

PLoS ONE, 2023
Zoonotic tuberculosis in humans is caused by infection with bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex acquired from animals, most commonly cattle.
Katriina Willgert, Susie da Silva, Ruoran Li, Premanshu Dandapat, Maroudam Veerasami, Hindol Maity, Mohan Papanna, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, James L. N. Wood, Vivek Kapur, Andrew J. K. Conlan   +10 more
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Exploring the fate of cattle herds with inconclusive reactors to the tuberculin skin test [PDF]

, 2018
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is an important animal health issue in many parts of the world. In England and Wales, the primary test to detect infected animals is the single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin test, which compares immunological ...
Brooks-Pollock, Brunton, Burnham, Clegg, Clegg, De La Rua-Domenech, Dohoo, Downs, Good, Goodchild, Green, Green, Humblet, Johnston, Kaplan, Karolemeas, Nuñez-Garcia, O'Hagan, Olea-Popelka, Reilly, Skuce, Vial   +21 more
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Intractable policy failure: the case of bovine TB and badgers [PDF]

, 2009
The failure to eliminate bovine TB from the English and Welsh cattle herd represents a long-term intractable policy failure. Cattle-to-cattle transmission of the disease has been underemphasised in the debate compared with transmission from badgers ...
Assembly Welsh, Dunnet G., Edelman M., House of Commons, House of Commons, Independent Scientific Group, King D., Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, NA PRO: HO 285/40b, NA PRO: MAF 459/12, NA PRO: MAF 459/16, NA PRO: MAF 459/37, NA PRO: MAF 459/66, Schön D. A., Wilkinson K., Woods A., Wyn Grant, Zuckerman Lord   +17 more
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Evaluation of the performance of the IFN-γ release assay in bovine tuberculosis free herds from five European countries

Veterinary Research, 2023
The diagnostic methods for granting and maintenance of the official tuberculosis-free (OTF) status and for intra-Community movement of cattle are the tuberculin skin tests (single or comparative) and the interferon-γ (IFN-γ) release assay (IGRA). However,
Alberto Gomez-Buendia, Beatriz Romero, Javier Bezos, José Luis Saez, Ivonne Archetti, Maria Lodovica Pacciarini, Maria Laura Boschiroli, Sébastien Girard, Emanuela Gutu, Florica Barbuceanu, Ourania Karaoulani, Athanasia Stournara, Lucia de Juan, Julio Alvarez   +13 more
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Comparative functional genomics and the bovine macrophage response to strains of the Mycobacterium genus [PDF]

, 2014
Mycobacterial infections are major causes of morbidity and mortality in cattle and are also potential zoonotic agents with implications for human health.
Gordon, SV, Killick, KE, MacHugh, DE, Magee, DA, Nalpas, NC, Rue-Albrecht, K   +5 more
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Detection of native interferon-γ in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii): Towards diagnosing tuberculosis

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2019
Mycobacterium bovis is the main cause of tuberculosis in wildlife. In South Africa, African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) are a wildlife maintenance host while a number of other species are considered spillover hosts.
Lezaan Roux, Alicia J. McCall, Anita L. Michel   +2 more
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Non-tuberculous Mycobacterium species causing mycobacteriosis in farmed aquatic animals of South Africa

BMC Microbiology, 2018
Background Mycobacteriosis caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), is among the most chronic diseases of aquatic animals. In addition, fish mycobacteriosis has substantial economic consequences especially in the aquaculture and fisheries industry ...
Nomakorinte Gcebe, Anita L. Michel, Tiny Motlatso Hlokwe   +2 more
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