Mycobacterium bovis Infection in the Eurasian Badger (Meles meles): the Disease, Pathogenesis, Epidemiology and Control

Corner, L. A.; Murphy, David; Gormley, Eamonn

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“…As lesions are often paucibacillary, the presence of acid-fast organisms in histological sections may not be detected, although M. bovis can be isolated in culture. However, large numbers of acid-fast organisms are seen in lesions in primates, felids, mustelids (badgers) and marsupials (brush-tailed possums) (Corner et al, 2011;Schiller et al, 2010).…”

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Diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis: review of main techniques

2015

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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 diagnostic tests for certification of free properties. The diagnosis of BTB can be made by direct and indirect methods, in which we can mention clinical, post mortem, histopathological, immunological, bacteriological and molecular methods. The renewal of scientific interest in tuberculosis in recent year has led to develop and improve methods of diagnosis, prevention, control and eradication of BTB. The aim of this review is to present and discuss different diagnosis methods of BTB.Keywords: tuberculosis bovine, diagnosis, Mycobacterium bovis, new techniques. Diagnóstico de tuberculose bovina: revisão das principais técnicas ResumoA tuberculose bovina (BTB) continua sendo um importante problema econômico na América Latina, com potenciais consequências zoonóticas. Tradicionalmente, a luta contra a tuberculose bovina tem sido iniciada pela execução de testes de diagnóstico de rotina para a certificação de propriedades livres da doença. O diagnóstico de BTB pode ser feito através de métodos diretos e indiretos, nos quais podemos citar os métodos clínicos, post mortem, histopatológicos, imunológicos, bacteriológicos e moleculares. A renovação do interesse científico em tuberculose nos últimos anos tem levado à necessidade de desenvolver e melhorar os métodos de diagnóstico, prevenção, controle e erradicação da BTB. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar e discutir sobre os diferentes métodos de diagnóstico de BTB.Palavras-chave: tuberculose bovina, diagnóstico, Mycobacterium bovis, novas técnicas.

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Diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis: review of main techniques

2015

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“…Some animals may be able to resolve BTB lesions based on the presence of fibrotic resolving lesions. 8 Granulomas associated with BTB in badgers are composed predominantly of epithelioid macrophages, with lesser numbers of lymphocytes. 8 These granulomas are highly cellular, with limited areas of necrosis, mineralization, or fibrosis.…”

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“…8 Granulomas associated with BTB in badgers are composed predominantly of epithelioid macrophages, with lesser numbers of lymphocytes. 8 These granulomas are highly cellular, with limited areas of necrosis, mineralization, or fibrosis. The granulomas usually contain acid-fast bacilli, which are most commonly present within necrotic debris.…”

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Wildlife Reservoirs of Bovine Tuberculosis Worldwide: Hosts, Pathology, Surveillance, and Control

2012

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Bovine tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis is a zoonotic disease classically carried by cattle and spilling over into humans primarily by the ingestion of milk. However, in recent decades, there have been many endemic geographic localities where M. bovis has been detected infecting wildlife reservoirs, limiting the progress toward eradication of this disease from cattle. These include cervids in North America, badgers in Great Britain, feral pigs in Europe, brushtailed possums in New Zealand, and buffalo in South Africa. An overview of these wildlife hosts will provide insight into how these reservoirs maintain and spread the disease. In addition, the authors summarize the pathology, current ongoing methods for surveillance, and control. In many instances, it has proven to be more difficult to control or eradicate bovine tuberculosis in wild free-ranging species than in domesticated cattle. Furthermore, human influences have often contributed to the introduction and/or maintenance of the disease in wildlife species. Finally, some emerging themes regarding bovine tuberculosis establishment in wildlife hosts, as well as conclusions regarding management practices to assist in bovine tuberculosis control and eradication in wildlife, are offered.

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“…In a maintenance host a disease persists due to the circulation of an infection among a group of individuals, sometimes for lengthy periods. Spillover hosts in contrast require occasional re-infection from outside for disease persistence (Corner et al, 2011;Nugent, 2011). A third possibility is that bTB has maintenance status in some regions at some times but is otherwise only a spillover disease.…”

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Coalition Culls and Zoonotic Ontologies

Atkins

Robinson

2013

Environ Plan A

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. (2013) 'Coalition culls and zoonotic ontologies. ', Environment and planning A., 45 (6). pp. 1372-1386. Further information on publisher's website:http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a45668Publisher's copyright statement: P.J. Atkins and P.A. Robinson 2013. The de nitive peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Environment and Planning A, 45(6) pp. 1372-1386, 2013, 10.1068/a45668 Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Coalition culls and zoonotic ontologies AbstractDiseases which can pass between animals and humans (zoonoses) have been headline news several times in the last ten years. This paper looks at bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in the United Kingdom, which, although not a major health hazard for humans, has been problematic for farmers and the veterinary health institutions. At its current rate of spread, the disease will cost the authorities £1 billion in compensation to farmers for slaughtered animals and in administrative expenses over the next decade. The present Coalition government are planning to cull badgers in England because they are the principal wildlife reservoir of bTB and are said to pass infection to cattle. We argue in five stories that the heterogeneities of bTB help explain the difficulties in dealing with it. In our opinion the present reductive set of policies would be improved by taking this ontological multiplicity into account.

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Mycobacterium bovis Infection in the Eurasian Badger (Meles meles): the Disease, Pathogenesis, Epidemiology and Control

Cited by 135 publications

References 145 publications

Diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis: review of main techniques

Diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis: review of main techniques

Wildlife Reservoirs of Bovine Tuberculosis Worldwide: Hosts, Pathology, Surveillance, and Control

Coalition Culls and Zoonotic Ontologies

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