bovine tuberculosis

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bovine tuberculosis

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Summary

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21 November 2019

Datasheet Type(s)
Animal Disease

Preferred Scientific Name
bovine tuberculosis

Pathogens
Mycobacterium bovis

Overview
This disease is on the list of diseases notifiable to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The distribution section contains data from OIE's WAHID database on disease occurrence. Please see the AHPC library...

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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

bovine tuberculosis

International Common Names

English: bovine tuberculosis, mycobacterium in cattle; endometritis; tuberculosis-associated focal necrotizing encephalitis in cattle

Pathogen/s

Top of page Mycobacterium bovis

Overview

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This disease is on the list of diseases notifiable to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The distribution section contains data from OIE's WAHID database on disease occurrence. Please see the AHPC library for further information on this disease from OIE, including the International Animal Health Code and the Manual of Standards for Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines. Also see the website: www.oie.int.

For more information also see the datasheet entitled 'tuberculosis', which covers tuberculosis in cattle and other livestock species.

Host Animals

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Animal name	Context	Life stage	System
Bos grunniens (yaks)	Domesticated host
Bos indicus (zebu)	Domesticated host
Bos javanicus	Domesticated host
Bos taurus (cattle)	Domesticated host

Systems Affected

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respiratory diseases of large ruminants

Distribution

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For current information on disease incidence, see OIE's WAHID Interface.

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Last updated: 10 Jan 2020

Continent/Country/Region	Distribution	Reference
Africa
Algeria	Present	OIE (2009)
Angola	Present	OIE (2009)
Benin	Present	OIE (2009)
Botswana	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Burkina Faso	Present	OIE (2009)
Burundi	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Cabo Verde	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Cameroon	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Central African Republic	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Congo, Republic of the	Absent, Unconfirmed presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Côte d'Ivoire	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Djibouti	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Egypt	Present	OIE (2009)
Eritrea	Present	OIE (2009)
Eswatini	Present	OIE (2009)
Ethiopia	Present	OIE (2009)
Ghana	Present	OIE (2009)
Lesotho	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Libya	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Madagascar	Present	OIE (2009)
Malawi	Present	OIE (2009)
Mauritius	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Morocco	Present	OIE (2009)
Mozambique	Present	OIE (2009)
Namibia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Nigeria	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Rwanda	Present, Localized	OIE (2009)
São Tomé and Príncipe	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Seychelles	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
South Africa	Present	OIE (2009)
Sudan	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Tanzania	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Togo	Present	OIE (2009)
Tunisia	Present	OIE (2009)
Uganda	Absent, Unconfirmed presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Zambia	Present	OIE (2009)
Zimbabwe	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Asia
Armenia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Azerbaijan	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Bahrain	Present	OIE (2009)
Bangladesh	Present	OIE (2009)
Brunei	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Cambodia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
China	Present, Localized	OIE (2009)
Georgia	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Hong Kong	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
India	Present, Localized	OIE (2009)
Indonesia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Iran	Present	OIE (2009)
Iraq	Present	OIE (2009)
Israel	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Japan	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Jordan	Present, Localized	OIE (2009)
Kazakhstan	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Kuwait	Present	OIE (2009)
Kyrgyzstan	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Laos	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Lebanon	Absent, Unconfirmed presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Malaysia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
-Peninsular Malaysia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
-Sabah	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Mongolia	Present	OIE (2009)
Myanmar	Present	OIE (2009)
Nepal	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
North Korea	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Oman	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Pakistan	Present, Localized	OIE (2009)
Philippines	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Qatar	Present	OIE (2009)
Saudi Arabia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Singapore	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
South Korea	Present	OIE (2009)
Sri Lanka	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Syria	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Taiwan	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Tajikistan	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Thailand	Present	OIE (2009)
Turkey	Present	OIE (2009)
Turkmenistan	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Uzbekistan	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Vietnam	Absent, Unconfirmed presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Europe
Albania	Present	OIE (2009)
Andorra	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Austria	Present	OIE (2009)
Belarus	Present	OIE (2009)
Belgium	Present	OIE (2009)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Bulgaria	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Croatia	Present, Localized	OIE (2009)
Cyprus	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Czechia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Denmark	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Estonia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Finland	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
France	Present, Localized	OIE (2009)
Germany	Present	OIE (2009)
Greece	Present	OIE (2009)
Hungary	Present, Localized	OIE (2009)
Iceland	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Ireland	Present	OIE (2009)
Isle of Man	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Italy	Present, Localized	OIE (2009)
Latvia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Liechtenstein	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Lithuania	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Luxembourg	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Malta	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Montenegro	Present	OIE (2009)
Netherlands	Present	OIE (2009)
North Macedonia	Present	OIE (2009)
Norway	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Poland	Present	OIE (2009)
Portugal	Present	OIE (2009)
Romania	Present, Localized	OIE (2009)
Russia	Present	OIE (2009)
Serbia	Present	OIE (2009)
Serbia and Montenegro	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Slovakia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Slovenia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Spain	Present	OIE (2009)
Sweden	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Switzerland	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Ukraine	Present	OIE (2009)
United Kingdom	Present	OIE (2009)
-Northern Ireland	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
North America
Belize	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Bermuda	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
British Virgin Islands	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Canada	Absent, Unconfirmed presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Cayman Islands	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Costa Rica	Present	OIE (2009)
Cuba	Present	OIE (2009)
Curaçao	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Dominican Republic	Present	OIE (2009)
El Salvador	Present	OIE (2009)
Greenland	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Guadeloupe	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Guatemala	Present	OIE (2009)
Haiti	Absent, Unconfirmed presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Honduras	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Jamaica	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Martinique	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Mexico	Present	OIE (2009)
Nicaragua	Present	OIE (2009)
Panama	Present	OIE (2009)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
United States	Present, Localized	OIE (2009)
Oceania
Australia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
French Polynesia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
New Caledonia	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
New Zealand	Present	OIE (2009)
Samoa	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
South America
Argentina	Present	OIE (2009)
Bolivia	Present, Localized	OIE (2009)
Brazil	Present	OIE (2009)
Chile	Present	OIE (2009)
Colombia	Present	OIE (2009)
Ecuador	Present	OIE (2009)
Falkland Islands	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE Handistatus (2005)
French Guiana	Absent, No presence record(s)	OIE (2009)
Guyana	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Paraguay	Present	OIE Handistatus (2005)
Peru	Present, Localized	OIE (2009)
Uruguay	Present	OIE (2009)
Venezuela	Present	OIE (2009)

List of Symptoms/Signs

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Sign	Life Stages	Type
Digestive Signs / Abdominal distention		Sign
Digestive Signs / Anorexia, loss or decreased appetite, not nursing, off feed		Sign
Digestive Signs / Bloat in ruminants, tympany		Sign
Digestive Signs / Diarrhoea		Sign
General Signs / Fever, pyrexia, hyperthermia		Sign
General Signs / Forelimb lameness, stiffness, limping fore leg		Sign
General Signs / Forelimb swelling, mass in fore leg joint and / or non-joint area		Sign
General Signs / Hindlimb lameness, stiffness, limping hind leg		Sign
General Signs / Hindlimb swelling, mass in hind leg joint and / or non-joint area		Sign
General Signs / Intraocular mass, swelling interior of eye		Sign
General Signs / Lymphadenopathy, swelling, mass or enlarged lymph nodes		Sign
General Signs / Mammary gland swelling, mass, hypertrophy udder, gynecomastia		Sign
General Signs / Swelling mass penis, prepuce, testes, scrotum		Sign
General Signs / Swelling mass uterus		Sign
General Signs / Swelling skin or subcutaneous, mass, lump, nodule		Sign
General Signs / Underweight, poor condition, thin, emaciated, unthriftiness, ill thrift		Sign
Nervous Signs / Dullness, depression, lethargy, depressed, lethargic, listless		Sign
Reproductive Signs / Abortion or weak newborns, stillbirth		Sign
Reproductive Signs / Agalactia, decreased, absent milk production		Sign
Reproductive Signs / Female infertility, repeat breeder		Sign
Reproductive Signs / Mastitis, abnormal milk		Sign
Reproductive Signs / Purulent discharge, vulvar, vaginal		Sign
Reproductive Signs / Purulent or mucoid discharge, cervix or uterus		Sign
Respiratory Signs / Abnormal breathing sounds of the upper airway, airflow obstruction, stertor, snoring		Sign
Respiratory Signs / Abnormal lung or pleural sounds, rales, crackles, wheezes, friction rubs		Sign
Respiratory Signs / Coughing, coughs		Sign
Respiratory Signs / Dull areas on percussion of chest, thorax		Sign
Respiratory Signs / Dyspnea, difficult, open mouth breathing, grunt, gasping		Sign
Skin / Integumentary Signs / Skin ulcer, erosion, excoriation		Sign

References

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OIE Handistatus, 2002. World Animal Health Publication and Handistatus II (dataset for 2001). Paris, France: Office International des Epizooties.

OIE Handistatus, 2003. World Animal Health Publication and Handistatus II (dataset for 2002). Paris, France: Office International des Epizooties.

OIE Handistatus, 2004. World Animal Health Publication and Handistatus II (data set for 2003). Paris, France: Office International des Epizooties.

OIE Handistatus, 2005. World Animal Health Publication and Handistatus II (data set for 2004). Paris, France: Office International des Epizooties.

OIE, 2009. World Animal Health Information Database - Version: 1.4. World Animal Health Information Database. Paris, France: World Organisation for Animal Health. http://www.oie.int

Distribution References

OIE Handistatus, 2005. World Animal Health Publication and Handistatus II (dataset for 2004)., Paris, France: Office International des Epizooties.

OIE, 2009. World Animal Health Information Database - Version: 1.4., Paris, France: World Organisation for Animal Health. https://www.oie.int/

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