Abstract
Mycobacterium microti Infection in Dairy Goats, France.
Highlights
To the Editor: Mycobacterium microti is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC)
Surveillance of this disease is based on antemortem testing with tuberculin skin tests and on systematic postmortem inspection at abattoirs through sanitary inspection of carcasses to detect bovine tuberculosis–like lesions
To detect other potentially associated cases, investigations in herds epidemiologically linked to the index outbreak are performed, either through skin testing or through diagnostic culling of those animals introduced from the infected herd or any other animal with a skin test–positive result
Summary
To the Editor: Mycobacterium microti is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). Because bovine tuberculosis evolves in an insidious manner and antemortem or postmortem diagnostic tests are not efficient for detecting latently infected animals, an infected herd may remain unidentified for long periods and can be responsible for contamination of other herds by animal movement or contact with animals of neighboring herds.
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