Results: 8

Detection of Mycobacterium sp. by multiplex PCR directly from suspicious granulomas from cold chambers in the state of Bahia, Brazil

Arq. Inst. Biol; 88 (), 2021
The diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis (TB) by molecular techniques has been broadly studied. These methods allow accelerating the diagnosis, in addition to presenting high specificity and sensitivity in the identification of the pathogen, critical characteristic for public health, especially when it comes...

Bovine tuberculosis: diagnosis in dairy cattle through the association of analyzes

Pesqui. vet. bras; 40 (1), 2020
Tuberculosis is a chronic anthropozoonosis of worldwide occurrence, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its variants. In Brazil, the National Program for the Control and Eradication of Brucellosis and Tuberculosis in cattle, is responsible for diagnosing and the correctly allocate posi...

Diagnostic performance of a commercial ELISA used as a complementary test for bovine tuberculosis in two bovine herds with different disease status

Bovine tuberculosis is a worldwide spread zoonotic disease. Intradermal tuberculinizations are the most used diagnostic tests in the world. Serological tests can be an ancillary diagnosis for bovine tuberculosis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the ELISA Mycobact...

False-negative reactions to the comparative intradermal tuberculin test for bovine tuberculosis

Pesqui. vet. bras; 37 (12), 2017
According to the Brazilian National Program for the Control and Eradication of Animal Brucellosis and Tuberculosis (PNCEBT), the routine tests for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis in the country are the simple intradermal tuberculin test (SITT) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Suppl...

Nasal swab real-time PCR is not suitable for in vivo diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis

Pesqui. vet. bras; 37 (6), 2017
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a zoonosis causing economic losses and public health risks in many countries. The disease diagnosis in live animals is performed by intradermal tuberculin test, which is based on delayed hypersensitivity reactions. As tuberculosis has complex immune response, this test has li...

Comparative study of Mycobacterium bovis primary isolation methods

Braz. j. microbiol; 48 (1), 2017
Abstract For the definitive diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis, isolation of the etiologic agent is required. However, there is no consensus on the best methodology for isolation of Mycobacterium bovis in Brazil. This study evaluated the most used decontaminants and culture media in the country, in order t...

Análise de custo-efetividade de protocolos no diagnóstico da tuberculose bovina em um rebanho naturalmente infectado

Pesqui. vet. bras; 36 (6), 2016
Em diversos países, a tuberculose bovina, causada por Mycobacterium bovis, é tanto um problema econômico quanto de saúde pública. Mundialmente, são implementados programas de erradicação da enfermidade com políticas baseadas em testes tuberculínicos e abate dos animais reativos, porém pouco se...

Programa de acreditación de médicos veterinarios zootecnistas: normas y procedimientos de las campañas nacionales contra la tuberculosis bovina y la brucelosis

Respecto al Programa de la Campaña Nacional Contra la Tuberculosis Bovina, corresponde a la Secretaría de Agricultura y Recursos Hidráulicos, a través de la Dirección General de Salud Animal, la instrumentación legal, la elaboración de normas y procedimientos, así como el control, supervisión ad...