ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2025
Bovine tuberculosis source attribution using decision tree analysis: breakdown investigations in Italy (2022-2023).
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- Comparative Agreement of Intradermal Tuberculin Test and Interferon-Gamma Release Assay in Bovine Tuberculosis Surveillance in Sicily, Italy (2024-2025).Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- A Study on Risk Factors for Bovine Tuberculosis in the Disease-Free Regions of Italy.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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Abstract
In this study, we present an overview of 348 Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) breakdowns reported in Italy between January 2022 and December 2023, and declared resolved between January 2022 and February 2025. The main objective of this study is to investigate the most probable sources of these bTB breakdowns using decision tree analysis, and to compare the findings with conclusions drawn by official veterinarians. Most of the studied breakdowns (332; 95.4%) involved cattle herds only, 11 (3.1%) involved water buffalo herds only, and five (1.4%) involved multiple species. bTB was primarily detected in beef herds (82.8%), while mixed and dairy herds represented 10.3 and 6.9% of the breakdowns, respectively. In half of the breakdowns, the number of reactors was four or fewer. We also collected genotype data for 268
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