Introduction: Animal tuberculosis is an infectious, chronic, granulomatous, and debilitating disease affecting animals as well as humans. However, in recent decades, there have been many endemic geographic localities where animal tuberculosis has been identified in wildlife reservoirs, limiting the ...
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Komal Akhtar; Ishtiaq Ahmed; Tipu, M. Y.; Tahir Yaqub; Shahid, M.; Rehman, A. U.; Ahmad, M. Z.; Ammar Ghani; Khan, A. U.; Rafie, A. R.; Rafique, M. K.; Muhammad Saadullah; Muhammad Kashif; Asim Aslam
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Open Learning on Enteric Pathogens (OLOEP), Sassari, Italy
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2023, 17, 8, pp 1107-1113
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease of paramount importance at the wildlife-livestock-human interface. Aims: To study the occurrence and Mycobacterium (M) species involved in the TB of free-ranging and captive wild animals in various Indian states. Methods: A total of 396 clinical samples...
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Sharma, M.; Karikalan, M.; Asok Kumar, M.; Sree Lakshmi, P.; Sharma, K.; Ilayaraja, S.; Mathur, A.; Pawde, A. M.
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Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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Iranian Journal of Veterinary Research, 2022, 23, 4, pp 369-374
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious zoonotic threat, impacting the human-livestock-wildlife interface globally. Here, we evaluated the status and histomorphological differentiation of TB lesions in 89 morbid cases of wild animals (bovids, cervids, carnivores, non-human primates, and pachyderms) in...
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Megha Sharma; Karikalan, M.; Dandapat, P.; Asok Kumar, M.; Beena, V.; Chandra Mohan, S.; Ilayaraja, S.; Arvind Mathur; Abhijit Bhawal; Pawde, A. M.; Sharma, A. K.
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Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
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Microbial Pathogenesis, 2022, 172,
The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of zoonoses by counties in the Republic of Croatia in the period from 2013 to 2019 with the treatment of diseases caused by viruses, bacteria and parasites. The paper describes eight zoonoses that appeared in the Republic of Croatia in the period ...
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Tušek, T.; Gudlin, V.; Alagić, D.; Kalember, Đ.; Stojnović, M.
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Hrvatsko Agronomsko Društvo, Zagreb, Croatia
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Stocarstvo, 2022, 76, 1/2, pp 43-58
Tuberculosis is a chronic and contagious infectious disease caused by multi-host species of the genus Mycobacterium grouped within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. These pathogenic bacteria mainly affect mammals, including humans. The most recognized species is Mycobacterium bovis, the...
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Ponce, L. C.; Gallardo, M. J.; Marfil, M. J.; Petta, A.; Vivot, M. M.; Barandiaran, S.
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Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Indian Journal of Tuberculosis, 2023, 70, 1, pp 120-123
A survey of Mycobacterium bovis in zoo animal feces could reflect its level of anthropological burden on wildlife and potential reservoir for zoonoses. We detected Mycobacterium bovis by culture in the feces of 6 bears, elks, wolves, llamas and foxes, 5 porcupines, ponies and camels, 9 horses,...
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Dr P. R. Yadav, Muzaffrnagar, India
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Biochemical and Cellular Archives, 2019, 19, Suppl. 1, pp 2709-2712
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a zoonotic disease, mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis. France was declared officially TB free in 2001, however, the disease persists in livestock and wildlife. Among wild animals, deer are particularly susceptible to bovine TB. Here, a whole genome sequence (WGS)...
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Michelet, L.; Conde, C.; Branger, M.; Cochard, T.; Biet, F.; Boschiroli, M. L.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Microorganisms, 2019, 7, 12,
This study addressed the need in Great Britain for supplementary blood tests for deer and pig herds under movement restrictions due to confirmed Mycobacterium bovis infection - to enhance the overall sensitivity and reliability of tuberculosis (TB) testing and contribute to an exit strategy for...
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Barton, P.; Robinson, N.; Middleton, S.; O'Brien, A.; Clarke, J.; Dominguez, M.; Gillgan, S.; Selmes, J.; Rhodes, S.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Veterinary Sciences, 2023, 10, 8,
Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) infection has been identified in both domestic and wild animals and may threaten the conservation of vulnerable species including African lions (Panthera leo). There is a need to develop accurate ante-mortem tools for detection of M. bovis infection in African big cat ...
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Gumbo, R.; Sylvester, T. T.; Parsons, S. D. C.; Buss, P. E.; Warren, R. M.; Helden, P. D. van; Miller, M. A.; Kerr, T. J.
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Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022, 12, September,
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis, affecting domestic animals, wild animals and humans. In captivity, for wild animals, bTB represents a risk to animal keepers and zoo visitors, in addition to the possibility of spreading the infection to domestic...
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Lima, D. A. R.; Rodrigues, R. A.; Etges, R. N.; Araújo, F. R.
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Colégio Brasileiro de Patologia Animal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2021, 41,