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Open AccessDifferences in skin test reactions to official and defined antigens in guinea pigs exposed to non-tuberculous and tuberculous bacteria
The single and comparative intradermal tuberculin tests (SITT and CITT) are official in vivo tests for bovine tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis using bovine and avian purified protein derivatives (PPD-B and PPD-A). ...
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Open AccessA proof-of-concept study to investigate the efficacy of heat-inactivated autovaccines in Mycobacterium caprae experimentally challenged goats
This study aimed to assess the efficacy of a heat-inactivated Mycobacterium caprae (HIMC) vaccine in goats experimentally challenged with the same strain of M. caprae. Twenty-one goats were divided into three gro...
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Open AccessGeneralized tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium caprae in a red fox phylogenetically related to livestock breakdowns
Tuberculosis (TB) due to Mycobacterium caprae is endemic in goat herds and free-ranging wild boars in Spain, causing infections in other livestock or wild animals to a lesser extent. TB infection in foxes is infr...
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Open AccessLong-term efficacy of BCG vaccination in goat herds with a high prevalence of tuberculosis
Vaccination of goats against tuberculosis (TB) has been promoted as an ancillary tool for controlling the disease in infected livestock herds. A three-year trial to assess the efficacy of BCG vaccine was carri...
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Open AccessField evaluation of the efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine against tuberculosis in goats
Control of animal tuberculosis (TB) through vaccination has emerged as a long-term strategy to complement test and slaughter control strategy. A pilot trial under field conditions was conducted in a goat herd ...
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Open AccessEffects of vaccination against paratuberculosis on tuberculosis in goats: diagnostic interferences and cross-protection
Most countries carrying out campaigns of bovine tuberculosis (TB) eradication impose a ban on the use of mycobacterial vaccines in cattle. However, vaccination against paratuberculosis (PTB) in goats is often ...
