Open questions and recent advances in the control of a multi‐host infectious disease: Animal tuberculosis

C Gortázar, A Che Amat, DJ O'Brien - Mammal review, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Animal tuberculosis (TB) control is globally important for public health, economics and
conservation. Wildlife species are often part of the M ycobacterium tuberculosis complex …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in elephants through a One Health approach: a systematic review

RM Rajbhandari, J de la Fuente, D Karmacharya… - BMC Veterinary …, 2022 - Springer
Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) that causes the chronic infectious
disease-tuberculosis (TB), often presents with a complicated epidemiological pattern where …

[HTML][HTML] Fatal tuberculosis in a free-ranging African elephant and one health implications of human pathogens in wildlife

MA Miller, P Buss, EO Roos, G Hausler… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) in humans is a global public health concern and the discovery of animal
cases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection and disease, especially in multi-host …

Tuberculosis in elephants: Origins and evidence of interspecies transmission

S Paudel, S Sreevatsan - Tuberculosis, 2020 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) is a devastating disease in elephants caused by either Mycobacterium
tuberculosis or M. bovis. It is an ancient disease, and TB in elephants was first reported over …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in wildlife: Review of current applications of antemortem and postmortem diagnosis

YM Lekko, PT Ooi, S Omar, M Mazlan… - Veterinary …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic inflammatory and zoonotic disease caused by Mycobacterium
tuberculosis complex (MTBC) members, which affects various domestic animals, wildlife …

Elephant tuberculosis as a reverse zoonosis

N Lainé - Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2018 - journals.ed.ac.uk
In the last twenty years, a growing number of captive elephants have tested positive for
tuberculosis (TB) in various institutions worldwide, causing public health concerns. This …

[HTML][HTML] Serum health biomarkers in African and Asian elephants: value ranges and clinical values indicative of the immune response

KL Edwards, MA Miller, J Siegal-Willott, JL Brown - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Biomarkers are biological molecules found in the blood or other fluids or
tissues that can indicate normal or abnormal processes or disease. Developing tools to …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infection in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) using an interferon gamma release assay in a captive …

S Songthammanuphap, S Puthong, C Pongma… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Tuberculosis is highly contagious disease that can be transmitted between humans and
animals. Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in captivity live in close contact with humans in …

[HTML][HTML] Zootherapeutic uses of animals excreta: the case of elephant dung and urine use in Sayaboury province, Laos

JM Dubost, P Kongchack, E Deharo, P Sysay… - Journal of Ethnobiology …, 2021 - Springer
Background Despite a widespread aversion towards faeces and urine, animal excreta are
used in traditional medicine in many countries since centuries, but records are scattered and …

Taken for a ride. The conditions for elephants used in tourism in Asia.

J Schmidt-Burbach - 2017 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The research and experience gained since 2010 has greatly informed this report and the
Wildlife-not entertainers campaign. In 2014, we commissioned Oxford University's Wildlife …