2003
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5877(02)00214-3
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Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in different farming systems in the eastern zone of Tanzania

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“…up to 0.7% reported in indigenous zebu in Arusha [32] . Also the overall prevalence of doubtful or inconclusive reactors (10%) was high and not comparable to the findings reported from eastern zone of Tanzania (from 6.0% to 7.5%) [33,34] . The proportion of carcases showing lesions is much lower compared with the 10% doubtful reactors in the small sample of slaughtered cattle.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 63%
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“…up to 0.7% reported in indigenous zebu in Arusha [32] . Also the overall prevalence of doubtful or inconclusive reactors (10%) was high and not comparable to the findings reported from eastern zone of Tanzania (from 6.0% to 7.5%) [33,34] . The proportion of carcases showing lesions is much lower compared with the 10% doubtful reactors in the small sample of slaughtered cattle.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 63%
“…It is also possible that a proportion of animals with tuberculous lesions are not detected during the normal routine meat inspection. Shirima [33] reported that in another region in Tanzania, 24% of the carcases were found with tuberculous lesions, by applying a more intensive inspection procedure which involved multiple slicing and close examination of selected lymph nodes. Although the doubtful reactor cases were not retested, there was an indication of exposure to Mycobacterium bovis in the slaughtered cattle sampled.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cattle could have acquired the infection through contaminated environment during grazing or at water sources. The high prevalence of NTM seen in this study in both cattle and human is even lower than the previous reports in Jos, Nigeria by Mwak et al [29] who reported a prevalence of 23.08% in humans, and also in Tanzania by Shirima et al [30] and Durnez et al [31] reported prevalence of 6% and 10% respectively in cattle. Similarly, in their study Mdegella et al [32] and Durnez et al [31] found also high prevalence of 14% and 19% of NTM in milk samples.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 74%
“…For bTB diagnosis, the single comparative intradermal tuberculin skin test (SCITT) using purified protein derivative tuberculin (PPD, Bovituber, Synbiotics Corporation, France) was performed on cattle as described by Lesslie & Herbert [32]. Three days post-injection, skin fold thicknesses were re-measured using callipers and positivity assessed according to Shirima et al [33]. Blood samples were left to clot at room temperature and sera separated.…”
Section: Sample Processing and Storagementioning
confidence: 99%