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Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in grazing cattle in central Ethiopia

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: A preliminary study to characterise mycobacteria infecting tuberculous cattle from two different management systems in central Ethiopia was carried out. Approximately 27% of isolates from grazing cattle were Mycobacterium tuberculosis, while cattle in a more intensive-production system were exclusively infected with M. bovis. The practice of local farmers discharging chewed tobacco directly into the mouths of pastured cattle was identified as a potential route of human-to-cattle transmission of M. tuberculosis.

Source: The Veterinary Journal

DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.05.005