Abstract
Tuberculosis is an chronic infectious disease in humans and animals caused by member from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). Deer are one of the animals that are susceptible to tuberculosis and as a reservoir of Myocobacterium bovis, but can also be infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. One sample each of organs, lungs and lymph nodes from a dead Timor deer (Cervus timorensis) was obtained from a zoo in West Java in 2021. The test was carried out by culture method using modified Ogawa media and multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for identification of growing bacteria. The results of culture and PCR of these samples showed positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This is very interesting, because it may be the first identifiable case of tuberculosis in deer in Indonesia.
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