Abstract
Preliminary field survey on Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle herds using caudal fold intradermal tuberculin test in two Northeastern States of Nigeria
Highlights
Bovine tuberculosis is a disease caused by a specific type of bacterium called Mycobacterium bovis. bTB usually affects animals such as cattle, but it can affect all mammals causing sickness, coughing, and eventual death
Of the 5509 cattle, 2116 cattle were from 189 herds in five testing areas in Bauchi State and 3393 cattle in 217 herds from five testing areas from Gombe State
Regarding the prevalence based on the testing areas in Bauchi State, Alamari had the highest prevalence with 19.4% and Disina was the lowest with 9.0%, while in Gombe State testing areas, Wakaltu had the highest prevalence with 20.9% and Poshereng had the lowest with 8.0% (Table-1)
Summary
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a disease caused by a specific type of bacterium called Mycobacterium bovis. bTB usually affects animals such as cattle, but it can affect all mammals causing sickness, coughing, and eventual death. Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a disease caused by a specific type of bacterium called Mycobacterium bovis. The disease has been reported in 176 countries of the world as one of the important bovine diseases leading to great economic losses [2]. Exposure to the organism can result in a chronic disease that jeopardizes animal welfare and productivity and in some countries leads to significant economic losses by causing ill health and mortality [3]. Human TB of animal origin caused by M. bovis is becoming increasingly evident in developing countries [4,5]. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http:// creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated
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