Bovine tuberculosis in Spain, is it really the final countdown?

J Bezos, JL Sáez-Llorente, J Álvarez, B Romero… - Irish Veterinary …, 2023 - Springer
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a severe zoonotic disease that has major impacts on both
health and the economy, and which has been subjected to specific eradication programmes …

Accuracy of tests for diagnosis of animal tuberculosis: moving away from the golden calf (and towards bayesian models)

A Gomez-Buendia, P Pozo… - Transboundary and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Evaluation of the performance of the IFN-γ release assay in bovine tuberculosis free herds from five European countries

A Gomez-Buendia, B Romero, J Bezos, JL Saez… - Veterinary …, 2023 - Springer
The diagnostic methods for granting and maintenance of the official tuberculosis-free (OTF)
status and for intra-Community movement of cattle are the tuberculin skin tests (single or …

[HTML][HTML] IFN-gene polymorphisms as a risk factor for tuberculosis infection in Asian populations: A meta-analysis

BS Antony, C Nagarajan, KE Thomas… - The International …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: The purpose of this meta-analysis is to verify that rs1861494 and rs2069718,
two polymorphisms in the IFN-gene, are associated with tuberculosis (TB) infection in Asian …

Tuberculin PPD potency assays in naturally infected tuberculous cattle as a quality control measure in the Irish bovine tuberculosis eradication programme

A Duignan, K Kenny, D Bakker, M Good - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Irish Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) eradication programme operates under national
legislation and fulfills OIE and EU trade requirements. Tuberculin purified protein derivative …

Evaluation of three commercial interferon-γ assays in a bovine tuberculosis free population

G Ghielmetti, P Landolt, U Friedel, M Morach… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The interferon-γ assay has been used worldwide as an ancillary test for the diagnosis of
bovine tuberculosis (bTB). This study aimed to describe, based on the bTB-free status in …

Accuracy of tuberculosis diagnostic tests in small ruminants: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A Roy, JA Infantes-Lorenzo, ML De La Cruz… - Preventive veterinary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) in small ruminants is a neglected disease despite its major impact on goat
and sheep production and the global public health. The awareness of the role of small …

Accuracy of PCR, mycobacterial culture and interferon-γ assays for detection of Mycobacterium bovis in blood and milk samples from Egyptian dairy cows using …

I Elsohaby, YS Mahmmod, MM Mweu… - Preventive veterinary …, 2020 - Elsevier
The number of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) infected dairy herds in Egypt is growing and this
calls for accurate and reliable diagnostic methods at cow level for cost-effective bTB …

[PDF][PDF] Development, preparationand evaluation of a murine monoclonal antibodies-based interferon-gamma enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for rapid …

Z Hashem, R Soliman, MA El-Aziz, Y Badr… - 2023 - researchgate.net
Bovine tuberculosis is an infectious and chronic disease affecting cattle, caused by
Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). The zoonotic nature of the disease has a serious worldwide …

Bayesian assessment of the accuracy of a PCR-based rapid diagnostic test for bovine tuberculosis in swine

S Barandiaran, MS Pérez Aguirreburualde… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Infection with the Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) causes a disease referred to as bovine
tuberculosis (bTB), which affects a wide range of mammal hosts. Many countries have …