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Online Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 10 (2) : 108 - 115, 2006
Outbreak of acute tuberculosis in a goat herd;
first report of Mycobacterium caprae isolation
in Greece.
Ikonomopoulos J, Aranaz A, Balaskas C, Sechi L, Gazouli M
Department
of Anatomy–Physiology, Faculty of Animal Science, Agricultural University
of Athens, Athens, Greecea;
Departamento de Sanidad Animal I, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad
Complutense, Madrid, Spainb; Dipartimento
di Scienze Biomediche, Universitą di Sassari, Sassari, Italyc; and
Department of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greeced
ABSTRACT
Ikonomopoulos J Aranaz A, Balaskas C, Sechi L, Gazouli M., Outbreak of acute tuberculosis in a goat herd; first report of
Mycobacterium caprae isolation in Greece, Online J
Vet Res 10 (2):108-115, 2006.
Mycobacterium
caprae is a recently defined member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
that is responsible for tuberculosis among animals and to a limited extent,
humans. Herein we report an outbreak of acute tuberculosis in a dairy goat farm
at the North of Greece, which is the first case f M. caprae isolation in the country.
The disease was manifested mainly with pneumonia that resulted to the death of
the affected animals within 15-60 days after first symptoms appeared. Mortality
of goats that developed clinical disease reached 92%. Based on the evidence
provided by spoligotyping, the isolate is similar to
those commonly found in central Europe.
In conclusion it can be stated that caprine
tuberculosis caused by M. caprae can be manifested in an acute form,
representing like in the case described here a serious economic and health
problem.
Key words: Tuberculosis; Goats; M. caprae; Zoonosis
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