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Bovine tuberculosis in cattle and badgers in localized culling areas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a zoonotic disease that can have serious consequences for cattle farming and, potentially, for public health. In Britain, failure to control bovine TB has been linked to persistent infection of European badger (Meles meles ...
Donnelly, Christl A.   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Tracing cross species transmission of Mycobacterium bovis at the wildlife/livestock interface in South Africa

open access: yesBMC 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Genome Wide Association Scan of Bovine Tuberculosis Susceptibility in Holstein-Friesian Dairy Cattle [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
peer-reviewedBackground: Bovine tuberculosis is a significant veterinary and financial problem in many parts of the world. Although many factors influence infection and progression of the disease, there is a host genetic component and dissection of this
Finlay Emma K.   +23 more
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Is bovine density and ownership associated with human tuberculosis in India?

open access: yesPLoS 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   +10 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Prevalence and risk factors for infection of bovine tuberculosis in indigenous cattle in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
BACKGROUND: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic debilitating disease and is a cause of morbidity and mortality in livestock, wildlife and humans. This study estimated the prevalence and risk factors associated with bovine tuberculosis transmission in ...
Matee, Mecky I.   +54 more
core   +1 more source

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS. [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet, 1892
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openaire   +1 more source

Bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis prevalence in cattle from selected milk cooperatives in Arsi zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) and bovine brucellosis are two important milk-borne zoonoses that have been shown to be prevalent to various degrees in Ethiopian cattle.
Sourou, Sabi Yao   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Detection of native interferon-γ in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii): Towards diagnosing tuberculosis

open access: yesOnderstepoort 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the performance of the IFN-γ release assay in bovine tuberculosis free herds from five European countries

open access: yesVeterinary 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   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

A preliminary study of genetic factors that influence susceptibility to bovine tuberculosis in the British cattle herd [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Associations between specific host genes and susceptibility to Mycobacterial infections such as tuberculosis have been reported in several species. Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) impacts greatly the UK cattle industry, yet genetic predispositions have yet to ...
Driscol, E.   +26 more
core   +1 more source

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