A review of risk factors for bovine tuberculosis infection in cattle in the UK and Ireland

JM Broughan, J Judge, E Ely, RJ Delahay… - Epidemiology & …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an important disease of cattle caused by infection with
Mycobacterium bovis, a pathogen that may be extremely difficult to eradicate in the presence …

A genome-wide association study for genetic susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis infection in dairy cattle identifies a susceptibility QTL on chromosome 23

IW Richardson, DP Berry, HL Wiencko… - Genetics Selection …, 2016 - Springer
Background Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) infection in cattle is a significant economic concern in
many countries, with annual costs to the UK and Irish governments of approximately€ 190 …

Bovine tuberculosis visible lesions in cattle culled during herd breakdowns: the effects of individual characteristics, trade movement and co-infection

AW Byrne, J Graham, C Brown, A Donaghy… - BMC Veterinary …, 2017 - Springer
Background Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, remains a
significant problem for livestock industries in many countries worldwide including Northern …

Modelling the variation in skin‐test tuberculin reactions, post‐mortem lesion counts and case pathology in tuberculosis‐exposed cattle: Effects of animal …

AW Byrne, J Graham, C Brown… - Transboundary and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Correctly identifying bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle remains a significant problem in
endemic countries. We hypothesized that animal characteristics (sex, age, breed), histories …

Revisiting the relative effectiveness of slaughterhouses in Ireland to detect tuberculosis lesions in cattle (2014–2018)

RR Male Here, E Ryan, P Breslin, K Frankena… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Impact of genetic selection for increased cattle resistance to bovine tuberculosis on disease transmission dynamics

K Raphaka, E Sánchez-Molano, S Tsairidou… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) poses a challenge to animal health and welfare worldwide.
Presence of genetic variation in host resistance to Mycobacterium bovis infection makes the …

Genome-wide association study in mexican holstein cattle reveals novel quantitative trait loci regions and confirms mapped loci for resistance to bovine tuberculosis

S González-Ruiz, MG Strillacci, M Durán-Aguilar… - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Bovine tuberculosis is an infectious disease of cattle caused by
Mycobacterium bovis characterized by the formation of tubercles in any organ or tissue …

Variance components for bovine tuberculosis infection and multi-breed genome-wide association analysis using imputed whole genome sequence data

SC Ring, DC Purfield, M Good, P Breslin, E Ryan… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease of cattle generally caused by
Mycobacterium bovis, a bacterium that can elicit disease humans. Since the 1950s, the …

Genomic regions underlying susceptibility to bovine tuberculosis in Holstein-Friesian cattle

K Raphaka, O Matika, E Sánchez-Molano, R Mrode… - BMC genetics, 2017 - Springer
Background The significant social and economic loss as a result of bovine tuberculosis
(bTB) presents a continuous challenge to cattle industries in the UK and worldwide …

Risk factors for failure to detect bovine tuberculosis in cattle from infected herds across Northern Ireland (2004–2010)

A Lahuerta-Marin, J McNair, R Skuce, S McBride… - Research in veterinary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Correctly identifying animals that are truly infected with a pathogen using ante-mortem tests
is the cornerstone of any disease eradication programme. Failure to identify all infected …