Diagnosis of tuberculosis in wildlife: a systematic review

J Thomas, A Balseiro, C Gortázar, MA Risalde - Veterinary Research, 2021 - Springer
Animal tuberculosis (TB) is a multi-host disease caused by members of the Mycobacterium
tuberculosis complex (MTC). Due to its impact on economy, sanitary standards of milk and …

Facts and dilemmas in diagnosis of tuberculosis in wildlife

M Maas, AL Michel, VPMG Rutten - … Immunology, Microbiology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium bovis, causing bovine tuberculosis (BTB), has been recognized as a global
threat at the wildlife-livestock-human interface, a clear “One Health” issue. Several wildlife …

[PDF][PDF] Tuberculosis in free-ranging wildlife: detection, diagnosis and management

GW De Lisle, RG Bengis, SM Schmitt… - Revue Scientifique et …, 2002 - Citeseer
Mycobacterium bovis is emerging as an important pathogen of free-ranging wildlife in which
it is a potential source of infection for domestic animals and a threat to valuable wildlife …

Review of Diagnostic Tests for Detection of Mycobacterium bovis Infection in South African Wildlife

N Bernitz, TJ Kerr, WJ Goosen, J Chileshe… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Wildlife tuberculosis is a major economic and conservation concern globally. Bovine
tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), is the most common form of …

Diagnostic accuracy and optimal use of three tests for tuberculosis in live badgers

JA Drewe, AJ Tomlinson, NJ Walker, RJ Delahay - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) due to infection with Mycobacterium
bovis is notoriously difficult in live animals, yet important if we are to understand the …

Antibody detection tests improve the sensitivity of tuberculosis diagnosis in cattle

C Casal, JA Infantes, MA Risalde… - Research in Veterinary …, 2017 - Elsevier
We evaluated the sensitivity (Se) of the single cervical intradermal tuberculin (SIT) test, two
interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) assays and three different antibody detection techniques for …

Advances in bovine tuberculosis diagnosis and pathogenesis: what policy makers need to know

MV Palmer, WR Waters - Veterinary microbiology, 2006 - Elsevier
The mainstay of tuberculosis diagnosis in cattle and deer has been the tuberculin skin test.
Recent advances have allowed the incorporation of blood based assays to the diagnostic …

Wildlife reservoirs of bovine tuberculosis worldwide: hosts, pathology, surveillance, and control

SD Fitzgerald, JB Kaneene - Veterinary pathology, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Bovine tuberculosis in Canadian wildlife: an updated history

G Wobeser - The Canadian veterinary journal, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mycobacterium bovis infection in wild animals attracted little attention in Canada until the
disease was almost eliminated from domestic livestock. Tuberculosis was endemic in plains …

Current ante-mortem techniques for diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis

J Bezos, C Casal, B Romero, B Schroeder… - Research in veterinary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Bovine tuberculosis (TB), mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis, is a zoonotic disease with
implications for Public Health and having an economic impact due to decreased production …