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| | | Article Name : | | | Bovine Tuberculosis Slaughter Surveillance in
Albania, Importance of Its Traceback Investigation
Based on Singel Cervical Comparative Skin Test | | Author Name : | | | XHELIL KOLECI1
ANITA KONI | | Publisher : | | | Bridge Center | | Article URL : |  | | | Abstract : | | | Bovine tuberculosis is a bacterial contagious disease due by
Mycobacterium bovis that primary affects cattle and widest range of
mammals. Mycobacterium bovis and Myobacterium caprae are
responsible for zoonotic tuberculosis. In Albania, bovine tuberculosis is
endemic, however information on the spread of disease is not available
and sustainable control measures are not fully enforced. In this study,
we present data from a pilot survey for bovine TB after receiving an
unofficial information of generalized bovine TB in a slaughtered calf
in Dibra region. In total, there were tested 277 cattle by comparative
tuberculin skin test and prevalence of bovine tuberculosis was 1.1% at
individual level and 1.4% at farm level. There were identify a variety
of risk factors that facilitate spreading bovine tuberculosis in animals
and interfere with its control programs, such as lack of correct animal
identification, animal movement control, age structure etc. Active
surveillance in the abattoirs and traced back to their farm of origin
and tested all in-contact animals with simultaneous comparative
cervical skin test is a rational approach as a first step for control of
bovine tuberculosis disease. An active surveillance in large commercial
farms must be initiate and when the necessary infrastructure will be
available, a national active surveillance must be implement. In
addition to field tests, gross examination during meat inspection,
histopathological, microbiological and molecular methods must be employed systematically for bTB diagnosis and epidemiological study.
More efforts must be pay in collaboration with human health in the
framework of "One Health" philosophy, which will provide the full
background of zoonotic tuberculosis in human and animals. | | Keywords : | | | Mycobacterium bovis, bovine tuberculosis, bovine PPD,
avian PPD
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