Bovine tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease affecting a wide range of domesticated
and wild animals, representing a worldwide economic and public health burden. The …

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a disease characterised by progressive development of specific
granulomatous le-sions or tubercles in lung tissue, lymph nodes or other organs …

Abattoir is the place in which the animals are slaughtered for human consumption. Abattoir
plays important role in prevention of zoonotic diseases between animals and humans like …

Tuberculosis has plagued humans and animals for thousands of years. Though apparently
in decline with the advent of effective chemotherapy and improved living conditions …

The causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, is also responsible for
some cases of tuberculosis in human beings. Although recognized for over a century, this …

A specific concept of strain was developed in order to classify the BTV serotypes ever
reported in Europe based on their properties of animal health impact: the genotype …

Background Ethiopia has the largest cattle population in Africa. The vast majority of the
national herd is of indigenous zebu cattle maintained in rural areas under extensive …

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic disease of cattle that impacts productivity and
represents a major public health threat. Despite the considerable economic costs and …

Ethiopia is one among the nations that possesses the largest number of livestock population
in the African continent estimated to be 33 million cattle, 24 million sheep and 18 million …

Through examination of one of the fundamental in vitro characteristics of Mycobacterium
bovis–its requirement for pyruvate in glycerol medium–we have revealed a lesion in central …