Existing strategies for long‐term bovine tuberculosis (bTB) control/eradication campaigns
are being reconsidered in many countries because of the development of new testing …

The dynamics of Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle can influence the proportion of
infected animals that are diagnosed by ante-mortem tests in routine bovine tuberculosis …

Selected demographic features and trends in bovine tuberculosis (BTB) from 1995 to 2010
are described for the countries of the UK and the Republic of Ireland, using standardised …

Abstract In the European Union, the recommended ante-mortem diagnostic methods for
bovine tuberculosis (bTB) include the single intradermal cervical comparative tuberculin …

Considerable effort has been devoted to improving the existing diagnostic tests for bovine
tuberculosis (single intradermal comparative tuberculin test [SICTT] and γ-interferon assay [γ …

Tuberculosis (TB) in humans is primarily caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.
tuberculosis), with millions of infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide. It …

We analyzed the most likely cause of 687 bovine tuberculosis (bTB) breakdowns detected in
Spain between 2009 and 2011 (ie, 22% of the total number of breakdowns detected during …

Information is lacking on genetic parameters for tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility in dairy
cattle. Mycobacterium bovis is the principal agent of tuberculosis in cattle. The objective of …

Post-mortem examination continues to play an important surveillance role in the bovine
tuberculosis (bTB) eradication programme in Northern Ireland. It is estimated that 18–28% of …

There is substantial variation in herd risk for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in Ireland, with most
herds playing little to no role in the ongoing endemic. In infected areas, bTB persistence …