Working Document on Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis in the EU

Working Document on Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis in the EU Accepted by the Bovine tuberculosis subgroup of the Task Force on monitoring animal disease eradication

Tuberculosis in buffalo: the first report on the phenotypic and genetic characteristics of the isolated organism in Western Azarbaijan, Iran

In most countries, tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis is mainly a disease of cattle but can infect buffalos too. The disease can be controlled successfully by mean of a test-and-slaughter program. In Iran test-and-slaughter program has started since 1971 and prevalence of bovine tuberculosis reduces from 5% to less than 0.12% in recent years. In Western Azarbaijan, North West of Iran, t...

Perspectives on the History of Bovine TB and the Role of Tuberculin in Bovine TB Eradication

Tuberculosis remains a significant disease of animals and humans worldwide. Bovine tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacteria with an extremely wide host range and serious, although currently probably underdiagnosed, zoonotic potential. Where bovine tuberculosis controls are effective, human zoonotic TB, due to Mycobacterium bovis or M. caprae, is uncommon and clinical cases are infrequent in cattl...

Bovine tuberculosis eradication in Australia

The national bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis eradication pro­ gramme in Australia was developed in 1968 and officially started in July 1970 on a regional basis. The method of prophylaxis of bovine tuberculosis consis­ ted of a strict identification and systematic tuberculin testing of cattle as well as the inspection of carcasses at the abattoir in order to find the original herd of tubercu...

Status of bovine tuberculosis in North America.

The eradication of bovine tuberculosis from North America is in the advanced stages as Canada and the United States struggle to remove the last vestiges of the disease from the domestic livestock population. Canada realistically anticipates total eradication from the national cattle herd within the next few years. The United States must yet effectively deal with the increased tuberculosis expos...