Mycobacterium bovis isolates from tuberculous lesions in Chadian zebu carcasses

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 May;12(5):769-71. doi: 10.3201/eid1205.050691.

Abstract

This slaughterhouse study in Chad shows higher proportions of Mycobacterium bovis isolates among Mbororo than Arabe zebu cattle. Spoligotyping shows a homogenetic population structure for M. bovis and lack of spacer 30, as were found in neighboring Cameroon and Nigeria. This finding suggests transborder and ongoing transmission between cattle.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abattoirs*
  • Animals
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques*
  • Cattle
  • Chad / epidemiology
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • Female
  • Male
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium bovis* / classification
  • Mycobacterium bovis* / genetics
  • Mycobacterium bovis* / isolation & purification
  • Prevalence
  • Tuberculosis, Bovine / epidemiology*
  • Tuberculosis, Bovine / microbiology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial