Isolation and identification of bovine tuberculosis in a Brazilian herd (São Paulo)
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 102(5): 639-642, Aug. 2007. tab
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ABSTRACT
Mycobacterium was verified in animals from a Brazilian dairy herd, a total of 42 samples from 30 cows were submitted to culture and the isolated strains were analyzed by two polymerase chain reaction (PCR), the first specific for species belonging to the Mycobacterium complex (MTBC) and the other for differentiating M. tuberculosis from M. bovis. Twenty seven samples (64.3 percent) from 18 animals (60 percent) were positive for mycobacteria by culture, including samples from 15 retrofaryngeal lymphnodes (55.5 percent), 9 prescapular lymphnodes (33.3 percent), 2 lungs (7.4 percent), and 1 liver (3.7 percent). All isolated colonies were confirmed by PCR to contain MTBC organisms, and were identified as M. bovis by the same methodology.
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Assunto principal:
Tuberculose Bovina
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Mycobacterium bovis
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
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PARASITOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2007
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Article