ArticleTropical animal health and production2013
Prevalence study on bovine tuberculosis and molecular characterization of its causative agents in cattle slaughtered at Addis Ababa municipal abattoir, Central Ethiopia.
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- Global prevalence and risk factors of bovine tuberculosis in cattle: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Pooled it
- Bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Preventive veterinary medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Bovine tuberculosis in cattle slaughtered at Addis Ababa abattoir in Ethiopia and workforce awareness of zoonotic risk.PloS one · 2025Article
- Zoonotic transmission of theFrontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Assessment of health problems of sheep and goats based on ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection at Addis Ababa Abattoir, Ethiopia.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Molecular epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in Northern Ghana identifies several uncharacterized bovine spoligotypes and suggests possible zoonotic transmission.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Bacteriological and molecular characterization of Mycobacterium bovis isolates from tuberculous lesions collected among slaughtered cattle, Northwest Ethiopia.BMC microbiology · 2021Article
- Population structure and transmission ofMicrobial genomics · 2021Article
- Nontuberculosis mycobacteria are the major causes of tuberculosis like lesions in cattle slaughtered at Bahir Dar Abattoir, northwestern Ethiopia.BMC veterinary research · 2017Article
- Mycobacterium bovis in Burkina Faso: epidemiologic and genetic links between human and cattle isolates.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2014Article
- Tuberculin screening of some selected Fulani lactating cows in North-Central Nigeria.Tropical animal health and production · 2013Article
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Abstract
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 500 cattle slaughtered at Addis Ababa abattoir to determine the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) and characterize its causative agents. Postmortem examination, mycobacteriological culturing, region of difference-4 (RD4)-based PCR and spoligotyping were applied. The prevalence of BTB was 5 % on the basis of postmortem inspection alone but 1.2 % based on molecular confirmation. Factors including age, sex, and breed showed statistically significant association with BTB (p < 0.05). Gross lesions were observed most frequently (68 %) in the lungs and lung-associated lymph nodes compared to other organs and lymph nodes. Of the 25 grossly suspicious TB lesions processed and cultured, only six (24 %) were culture-positive, yielding Mycobacterium bovis confirmed by RD4 deletion typing. Further characterization of the six M. bovis isolates at the strain level by using spoligotyping revealed that one did not belong to any previously known type, while the others belonged to types SB1176 (two), SB1477 (two), and SB0133 (one). The new strain was submitted to the international M. Bovis.org database for international code designation. The study confirms the considerable prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle slaughtered at Addis Ababa abattoir and highlights the need for control of bovine tuberculosis in the country.
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