BOVINE AND HUMAN TUBERCULOSIS.

Human and Bovine Tuberculosis

losis were two separate and distinct diseases, caused by two different species of the tubercle bacillus, and that if there was any possibility at all of one of them being communicated to the proper hosts of the other, the risks were too slight to justify the taking of precautions against them. Apart from the profoundly interesting nature of the issue thus raised, it involved practical questions...

Bovine and Human Tuberculosis in India

The question whether bovine tuberculosis is communicable to man has been a subject of much discussion since Professor Koch announced his disbelief in such transmission, and I believe that the experience of medical men in India will not be without value as evidence in the controversy. For bovine tuberculosis is so rare a disease here that it may practically be left out of count as a factor in th...

Tuberculosis - Bovine tuberculosis at the animal–human–ecosystem interface

Bovine tuberculosis at the animal–human–ecosystem interface Introduction Bovine tuberculosis is a chronic disease of animals caused primarily by Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), a member of the M. tuberculosis complex. The disease is characterized by progressive development of specific granulomatous lesions or tubercles in lung tissue, lymph nodes or other organs. The incubation period ranges fr...

Human bovine tuberculosis - remains in the differential.

Mycobacterium bovis is a pathogen of cattle. The unpasteurized milk of affected cattle is a source of infection in humans. Despite the screening of cattle and the pasteurization of milk, M bovis has not been eradicated. A high index of clinical suspicion is needed in symptomatic patients with a history of possible exposure. At risk groups include animal workers, farmers, meat packers, vets and ...

Bovine Tuberculosis Including a Contrast with Human Tuberculosis