Veterinární medicína, 2006 (vol. 51), issue 11
Mycobacterial and Rhodococcus equi infections in pigs in the Czech Republic between the years 1996 and 2004: the causal factors and distribution of infections in the tissues
J.E. Shitaye, I. Parmova, L. Matlova, L. Dvorska, A. Horvathova, V. Vrbas, I. Pavlik
Vet Med - Czech, 2006, 51(11):497-511 | DOI: 10.17221/5584-VETMED 
Between 1996 and 2004, tissue samples from 3 630 slaughtered pigs were examined by gross examination, microscopy after the Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining of homogenised tissues for the detection of acid-fast rods (AFR) and by culture for the presence of mycobacteria and Rhodococcus equi: 1 781 head lymph nodes (ln), 1 123 mesenteric ln, 54 pulmonary ln, 32 inguinal ln, 562 non-identified ln and 78 samples of tissues from parenchymatous organs (liver, spleen and kidneys). Tuberculous/tuberculoid lesions were not detected in 249 (6.9%) animals slaughtered due to a positive response to avian tuberculin. Various gross lesions were detected in 3 381...
A prevalence study of bovine tuberculosis by using abattoir meat inspection and tuberculin skin testing data, histopathological and IS6110 PCR examination of tissues with tuberculous lesions in cattle inEthiopia
J.E. Shitaye, B. Getahun, T. Alemayehu, M. Skoric, F. Treml, P. Fictum, V. Vrbas, I. Pavlik
Vet Med - Czech, 2006, 51(11):512-522 | DOI: 10.17221/5585-VETMED
Post mortem surveillances, for the detection of tuberculous lesions in particular depend on the work load time and the diligence of the inspector conducting the examination. The first aim of the study was to determine the trend of occurrence of tuberculous lesions in two abattoirs in Addis Ababa and Debre-Zeit (Ethiopia). The second aim of the study was to determine prevalence of the tuberculin skin test results in 10 dairy farm areas in Addis Ababa. The third aim was to detect tuberculous lesions and causal agents from tissue samples of the respiratory tract and mesenteric lymph nodes of the slaughtered cattle. The ten year (1996-2005) retrospective...
Mycobacterium caprae infection in cattle and pigs on one family farm inCroatia: a case report
Z. Cvetnic, S. Spicic, V. Katalinic-Jankovic, S. Marjanovic, M. Obrovac, M. Benic, M. Mitak, I. Pavlik
Vet Med - Czech, 2006, 51(11):523-531 | DOI: 10.17221/5586-VETMED
An outbreak of tuberculosis among bovines and pigs caused by Mycobacterium caprae is described in this paper. After tuberculin skin tests with bovine purified protein derivates (PPD) six cattle and one sow, own by a small family farm, tested positive whilst three pigs were suspected in 2004. All animals were euthanised and checked for gross pathological lesions. Generalised lesions were found in five cattle and two sows; however one calf and two gilts had lesions that were localised in the submandibular lymph nodes. Mycobacteria were isolated from tissue samples of six cattle and four pigs. Mycobacterial isolates were identified using classical...