FieldDxBovine TuberculosisClinical signs, differential diagnosis, treatment and prevention in cattle.
Overview
A chronic, reportable bacterial disease of cattle, and a significant zoonosis. Mycobacterium bovis. Marked urgent in FieldDx. Zoonotic: this condition can pass to people.
Clinical signs
- High fever (associated with infections related to fever in ruminants).
Predisposing factors
- Occurrence During the first part of the twentieth century, bTB was widespread and present in most parts of the world, with herd prevalence rates of up to 63% and animal prevalence rates in the range…
Look-alikes to rule out
Treatment
Treatment of tuberculosis in cattle is not permitted in countries with an established bTB eradication program, requiring removal of reactors from the herd.
Drugs mentioned: Streptomycin Isoniazid
Prevention
1. When an area or country has been freed from the disease, quarantine barriers must be set up to avoid its reintroduction. 2. Within the area, the recurrent cost of testing can be lessened by gradually increasing the interest period to 2, 3, or 6 years as the amount of residual infection diminishes. 3.
Source
A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pigs and Goat by ELSEVIER — Bovine Tuberculosis
A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pigs and Goat by ELSEVIER (Page 2110 / Passage 74); Textbook of Clinical Veterinary Medicine by Amalendu Chakrabarti (Page 80)
MSD Veterinary Manual — Tuberculosis in Cattle, Bison, and Deer (accessed 2026-08-11)
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