ReviewThe Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research2020
Challenges for controlling bovine tuberculosis in South Africa.
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- Mapping Bovine Tuberculosis in Colombia, 2001-2019.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
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- Diversity and prevalence of zoonotic infections at the animal-human interface of primate trafficking in Peru.PloS one · 2024Article
- Bovine tuberculosis in India: The need for One Health approach and the way forward.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Review
- An outbreak of tuberculosis in endangered northern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca leonina) and milu deer (Elaphurus davidianus) from a zoo in China.Veterinary medicine and science · 2023Article
- Prevalence and occupational exposure to zoonotic diseases in high-risk populations in the Free State Province, South Africa.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Advancing animal tuberculosis surveillance using culture-independent long-read whole-genome sequencing.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Vaccination Strategies in a Potential Use of the Vaccine against Bovine Tuberculosis in Infected Herds.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- High-Specificity Test Algorithm for Bovine Tuberculosis Diagnosis in African Buffalo (Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Identification and Characterisation of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in African Buffaloes (Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Effectiveness and profitability of preventive veterinary interventions in controlling infectious diseases of ruminant livestock in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.BMC veterinary research · 2022Article
- Conserving rhinoceros in the face of disease.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Epidemiology ofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Real-time PCR using atpE, conventional PCR targeting different regions of difference, and flow cytometry for confirmation of Mycobacterium bovis in buffaloes and cattle from the Delta area of Egypt.BMC microbiology · 2022Article
- Bovine tuberculosis control in Fiji: Retrospective study findings for 2015 to 2020.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Tuberculosis patients at the human-animal interface: Potential zooanthroponotic and zoonotic transmission.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Article
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Abstract
All effects taken together, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) has a long-term detrimental effect on bovine herds and many wildlife species in South Africa. The disease is not only found in domestic cattle but also in African buffaloes and has to date been diagnosed in 21 wildlife species, including several rare and endangered species, thus having a potentially serious effect on conservation and biodiversity. In cattle, bTB is mostly characterised by sporadic outbreaks, but bovine herds chronically infected with the clinical disease are not uncommon. Presently, the recognised bTB control strategy in South Africa is based on 'test and slaughter', using the intradermal tuberculin test, followed by the slaughter of animals that have tested positive. Affected herds are placed under veterinary quarantine with movement restrictions until the outbreak is eradicated; this can take several years or last indefinitely if the outbreak cannot be eradicated. The same measures apply to infected buffalo populations, often with no prospect of ever being eradicated. This strategy is neither practical nor viable in the context of a communal farming system and becomes unethical when dealing with valuable wildlife reservoir hosts. Transmission of bTB between wildlife and cattle has been demonstrated and emphasises the need for an effective, affordable and culturally acceptable control strategy to curb the spread of bTB in South Africa. In countries with similar challenges, vaccination has been used and found to be promising for treating wild and domestic reservoir species and may hence be of value as a complementary tool for bTB control in South Africa.
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