Current ante-mortem techniques for diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis

J Bezos, C Casal, B Romero, B Schroeder… - Research in veterinary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Bovine tuberculosis (TB), mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis, is a zoonotic disease with
implications for Public Health and having an economic impact due to decreased production …

A review of risk factors for bovine tuberculosis infection in cattle in the UK and Ireland

JM Broughan, J Judge, E Ely, RJ Delahay… - Epidemiology & …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an important disease of cattle caused by infection with
Mycobacterium bovis, a pathogen that may be extremely difficult to eradicate in the presence …

Protection against Tuberculosis in Eurasian Wild Boar Vaccinated with Heat-Inactivated Mycobacterium bovis

JM Garrido, IA Sevilla, B Beltrán-Beck, E Minguijón… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium bovis and closely related members of the
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex continues to affect humans and animals worldwide …

Experimental Fasciola hepatica Infection Alters Responses to Tests Used for Diagnosis of Bovine Tuberculosis

RJ Flynn, C Mannion, O Golden, O Hacariz… - Infection and …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fasciola hepatica is a prevalent helminth parasite of livestock. Infection results in
polarization of the host's immune response and generation of type 2 helper (Th2) immune …

The History of In Vivo Tuberculin Testing in Bovines: Tuberculosis, a “One Health” Issue

M Good, D Bakker, A Duignan… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is more than 3 million years old thriving in multiple species. Ancestral
Mycobacterium tuberculosis gave rise to multiple strains including Mycobacterium bovis now …

Strategic use of serology for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis after intradermal skin testing

C Casal, A Díez-Guerrier, J Álvarez… - Veterinary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Diagnostic tests based on cell-mediated immunity are used in programmes for eradication of
bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis). Serological assays could be applied as ancillary …

Diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis: review of main techniques

DF Ramos, PEA Silva, OA Dellagostin - Brazilian journal of biology, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) remains an important economic and zoonotic problem in Latin
America. Traditionally, the fight against BTB is initiated by the implementation of routine …

Evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of bovine tuberculosis diagnostic tests in naturally infected cattle herds using a Bayesian approach

J Alvarez, A Perez, J Bezos, S Marqués, A Grau… - Veterinary …, 2012 - Elsevier
Test-and-slaughter strategies have been the basis of bovine tuberculosis (BT) eradication
programs worldwide; however, eradication efforts have not succeeded in certain regions …

Bovine tuberculosis in Europe from the perspective of an officially tuberculosis free country: trade, surveillance and diagnostics

I Schiller, W RayWaters, HM Vordermeier, T Jemmi… - Veterinary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Switzerland has been officially free of bovine tuberculosis (OTF) since 1960. Since 1980 the
control of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) has been reduced to passive abattoir surveillance …

Cattle husbandry in Ethiopia is a predominant factor affecting the pathology of bovine tuberculosis and gamma interferon responses to mycobacterial antigens

G Ameni, A Aseffa, H Engers, D Young… - Clinical and Vaccine …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bovine tuberculosis is a major economic problem and a potential public health risk.
Improved diagnostics like the gamma interferon (IFN-γ) test with ESAT6 and/or CFP10 could …