The last decades have seen major efforts to develop new and improved tools to maximize
our ability to detect tuberculosis‐infected animals and advance towards the objective of …

Identifying and understanding the risk factors for endemic bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle
herds is critical for the control of this disease. Exploratory machine learning techniques can …

Although several brands of tuberculin purified protein derivatives (PPDs) are available for
diagnosing bovine tuberculosis (bTB), comparative studies to determine their diagnostic …

Post-mortem examination continues to play an important surveillance role in the bovine
tuberculosis (bTB) eradication programme in Northern Ireland. It is estimated that 18–28% of …

Background Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, remains a
significant problem for livestock industries in many countries worldwide including Northern …

Post-mortem inspection (PMI) of routinely slaughtered cattle in abattoirs is an extremely
valuable tool for detecting bovine tuberculosis (bTB) infected herds that can supplement …

Vaccination for the control of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle is not currently used within
any international control program, and is illegal within the EU. Candidate vaccines, based …

Correctly identifying bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle remains a significant problem in
endemic countries. We hypothesized that animal characteristics (sex, age, breed), histories …

Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) is a One Health issue that interconnects human health with
animal and environmental health. Due to its importance, cattle (the main host) it is under a …

Slaughterhouse or meat factory surveillance to detect factory lesions (FL) at slaughter is an
important part of the bovine tuberculosis (bTB) eradication program in Ireland. The objective …