History: This macaque was imported from the Philippines in 1990 to augment the breeding colony at the California Regional Primate Research Center. Four years later she was brought to the attention of the veterinary service because of an equivocal tuberculin reaction and the presence of a skin rash. A follow up skin test using mammalian tuberculin, avian tuberculin and a sterile saline control p...

a very rare disease in wild deer. Prior to 1994, only eight wild white-tailed and mule deer had been reported with bovine TB in North America. In 1994, a hunter in southwestern Alpena County, Michigan, shot a 4-year old male white-tailed deer infected with bovine TB. The Description Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious disease caused when bacteria attack the respiratory system. There are three types ...

Cases of tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium in 52 adult red deer (Cervus elaphus) from a farm were studied using different diagnostic techniques. Immunological probes consisted of the comparative cervical tuberculin (CCT) skin test, the interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) assay, and 2 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) employing either avian purified protein derivatives or p...

The first * to draw especial attention to branching and budding forms of the tubercle bacillus were Nocard and Roux (1) in 1887. In the following year Metchnikoff (2) described and figured long, threadlike, branching forms with bulbous ends, observed in old glycerineagar cultfires cultivated at 43.6o-44 ° C. It is probable that these were cultures from avian tuberculosis. )/[etchnikoff suggeste...

Effective control of animal tuberculosis is possible only with a comprehensive examination the biology pathogen, epizootiology, pathogenesis, prevention methods, economic and environmental factors that affect course disease. It known radiation exposure leads to autosensitisation body by breakdown products its tissues development non-specific (false) immunological reactions. Therefore, purpose s...

Bovine tuberculosis is a major economic problem and a potential public health risk. Improved diagnostics like the gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) test with ESAT6 and/or CFP10 could contribute to the control program. We assessed IFN-gamma responses in zebu (Ethiopian Arsi breed) and Holstein cattle kept indoors or in a pasture to tuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD) and an ESAT6-CFP10 prote...

Most travelers to third-world countries encounter healthrelated problems during their stay and may require medical attention on returning home. Although malaria is still the most common diagnosis among travelers to the developing world, several other infectious diseases, such as avian influenza, dengue fever, chikungunya fever, leishmaniasis, and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, are growing in...

The use of humanized antibody against tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) may increase the risk of various opportunistic infections, including tuberculosis and fungal infections. We report a case of cryptococcal pneumonia in a patient who was taking infliximab for rheumatoid arthritis. A temporally related exposure history raised the possibility that our patient acquired the infection from ...