Use of PCR for detection of bovine tuberculosis bacillus in milk of positive skin test cows / Uso da PCR para detecção de bacilo da tuberculose bovina em leite de vacas positivas ao teste cutâneo
Carvalho, Ricardo César Tavares; Castro, Vinicius Silva; Fernandes, Dandara Virginia Guia Semedo; Moura, Greika; Soares, Elis Santos; Figueiredo, Eduardo Eustáquio de Souza; Paschoalin, Vânia Margaret Flosi.
Braz. j. vet. res. anim. sci
; 51(1): 42-48, 2014.
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The causative agent of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is Mycobacterium bovis, a bacterium belonging to the M. tuberculosiscomplex (MTC). The definitive diagnosis is achieved through isolation and identification of M. bovis from clinical samples, using a combination of traditional culture and biochemical methods, which is considered the gold standard. This procedure is cumbersome and time-consuming. We evaluated a PCR assay for the direct detection of MTC DNA in milk of positive skin test cows, using primers that were previously tested and proven reliable to target the IS6110element. Milk previously seeded with M. bovis was used as the starting material, for standardization of the technique. The procedure involved extracting the DNA by enzymatic lysis (proteinase K and lysozyme), phenol, chloroform, isoamyl alcohol, followed by ethanol precipitation and PCR. The PCR assay allowed us to detect BTB in artificially contaminated milk, with a detection limit of 100 CFU/mL, and was also able to detect the bacillus in 50% (75/150) of the milk samples tested. This procedure could be used to assist the in vivo diagnosis of BTB, complementing sorological or microbiological tests, becoming an alternative option for epidemiological studies of BTB transmission and preventing contaminated milk from entering the food supply.
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