Newsletter 41
2025-1 Quarter
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| EURL for bovine tuberculosis |
| Newsletter 41 (2025-1 Quarter) |
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Prajapati SK, Narang D, Chandra M, Sharma A, Singh ST. Detection of tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacterial species in trans-tracheal washes of cattle and buffaloes with respiratory distress. Trop Anim Health Prod. 2025 Mar 31;57(3):145. |
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Jiménez-Martín D, Muñoz-Fernández L, Agulló-Ros I, Jiménez-Pizarro N, Cano-Terriza D, García-Bocanegra I, Romero B, Caballero-Gómez J, Gonzálvez M, Rejón S, Martínez R, Risalde MA. Evaluation of techniques for post-mortem diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infection in goats.Vet Microbiol. 2025 Mar 19;304:110485. |
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Mignacca SA, Sánchez-Miguel C, Salgado S, Brady C, Fagan S, Murphy D, Sheahan M, Kennedy A, Casey M, Johnson A, McGettrick S, McElroy M, Moriarty J. Pathology of new world camelids in Ireland: 13 years of disease surveillance and the significance of bovine tuberculosis in alpaca. Prev Vet Med. 2025 Mar 12;239:106510. |
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Hayton A, O´Brien A, Adler A, Cutler K, Clarke J, Shaw DJ, Watt NJ, Harkiss GD. Diagnostic performance of the Enferplex Bovine TB antibody test using bulk tank milk samples from dairy cattle. J Dairy Sci. 2025 Mar 24:S0022-0302(25)00163-8. |
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Kumar R, Gandham S, Maity HK, Sarkar U, Dey B. Transcriptome profiling in an in vitro peripheral blood mononuclear cell - Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection model reveals breed-specific immune gene signatures potentially associated with tuberculosis susceptibility in cattle. Int J Biol Macromol. 2025 Feb 20;306(Pt 1):141282. |
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Díaz-Otero F, Jaramillo-Meza L, Manzo-Sandoval A, Olguín-Alor R, Diosdado-Vargas F. Comparative longitudinal analysis of T lymphocyte subpopulations in calves vaccinated with different doses of BCG-Phipps or with culture filtrate protein extract of Mycobacterium bovis in a natural transmission setting. BMC Vet Res. 2025 Feb 19;21(1):78. |
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Fromsa A, Conlan AJK, Srinivasan S, Gumi B, Bedada W, Zeleke M, Worku D, Lakew M, Tadesse B, Bayissa B, Sirak A, Abdela MG, Mekonnen GA, Chibssa T, Veerasami M, Jones GJ, Vordermeier HM, Juleff N, Wood JLN, Ameni G, Kapur V. Comparative performance of tuberculin and defined-antigen cocktails for detecting bovine tuberculosis in BCG-vaccinated cattle in natural settings. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 7;15(1):4564. |
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Niroula N, Ghodasara P, Marreros N, Fuller B, Sanderson H, Zriba S, Walker S, Shury TK, Chen JM. Orally administered live BCG and heat-inactivated Mycobacterium bovis protect bison against experimental bovine tuberculosis. Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 30;15(1):3764. |
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Kanipe C, Putz EJ, Palmer MV. Differential expression of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) and M1 macrophage marker nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) in lymph node granulomas of BCG-vaccinated and non-vaccinated cattle infected with Mycobacterium bovis. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2025 Mar;151:102609. |
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Cuenca-Lara P, Blay-Benach M, Cervera Z, Melgarejo C, Moraleda J, Sevilla IA, Garrido JM, Singh M, Jones GJ, Pérez de Val B. Effects of different vaccination regimes on the immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis in goats and evaluation of defined antigens. Front Vet Sci. 2025 Jan 15;11:1524461. |
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Palmer MV, Hwang S, Kanipe C, Putz EJ, Fernandes LGV, Didkowska A, Boggiatto PM. Immune responses of cattle vaccinated by various routes with Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). BMC Vet Res. 2025 Jan 15;21(1):19. |
| Molecular characterisation | |
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Sandhu P, Nunez-Garcia J, Berg S, Wheeler J, Dale J, Upton P, Gibbens J, Hewinson RG, Downs SH, Ellis RJ, Palkopoulou E. Enhanced analysis of the genomic diversity of Mycobacterium bovis in Great Britain to aid control of bovine tuberculosis. Front Microbiol. 2025 Mar 25;16:1515906. |
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O´Grady JF, McHugo GP, Ward JA, Hall TJ, Faherty O´Donnell SL, Correia CN, Browne JA, McDonald M, Gormley E, Riggio V, Prendergast JGD, Clark EL, Pausch H, Meade KG, Gormley IC, Gordon SV, MacHugh DE. Integrative genomics sheds light on the immunogenetics of tuberculosis in cattle. Commun Biol. 2025 Mar 24;8(1):479. |
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Mohammed T, Desta F, Wondale B, Zewude A, Mamo G, Khalifa HO, Bayissa B, Ameni G. Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infections in cattle and humans in the remote pastoral settings of southern Ethiopia. Front Vet Sci. 2025 Mar 19;12:1551710. |
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Zaba MY, Neway S, Farrell D, Denion E, Perets V, Tilahun M, Bobosha K, Cassidy JP, Asmare A, Gordon SV; WHO; WHO. Isolation and genetic analysis of mycobacteria from suspect tuberculous lesions in slaughtered cattle from Wolaita, Ethiopia. Access Microbiol. 2025 Mar 18;7(3):000915.v3. |
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Woldemariam T, Mohammed T, Zewude A, Chanyalew M, Khalifa HO, Mamo G, Ameni G. Zoonotic transmission of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex between cattle and humans in Central Ethiopia. Front Vet Sci. 2025 Mar 10;12:1527279. |
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Matthews MC, Cooke DM, Kerr TJ, Loxton AG, Warren RM, Ghielmetti G, Streicher EM, Witte CS, Miller MA, Goosen WJ. Evidence of Mycobacterium bovis DNA in shared water sources at livestock-wildlife-human interfaces in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Front Vet Sci. 2025 Feb 28;12:1483162. |
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ahyaoui Azami H, Perea C, Stuber T, Bouslikhane M, Berrada J, Aboukhassib H, Allepuz Palau AO, Reis AC, Cunha MV, Thacker TC, Robbe-Austerman S, Salvador LCM, Quinn FD. Phylogenetic analysis of Mycobacterium bovis reveals animal and zoonotic tuberculosis spread between Morocco and European countries. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Feb 18;19(2):e0011982. |
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Pérez de Val B, Vidal E, Stuber T, Sáez JL, Tórtola MT. Zoonotic tuberculosis in Catalonia, Spain: Phylogenetic insights into Mycobacterium bovis and M. caprae transmission at the human-livestock interface. One Health. 2025 Feb 10;20:100993. |
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Andrievskaia O, Garceac A, Lloyd D, Savic M, Duceppe M-O. Complete genome sequence of a Mycobacterium bovis strain associated with a bovine tuberculosis outbreak on a cattle farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2025 Feb 11;14(2):e0109024. |
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Madenci D, Sánchez-Molano E, Winters M, Mitchell A, Coffey MP, Hadfield JD, Woolliams JA, Banos G, Doeschl-Wilson A. Detection of genetic variability in dairy cattle infectivity for bovine tuberculosis. J Dairy Sci. 2025 Jan 7:S0022-0302(24)01441-3. |
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Powell SM, Dessi N, Bennett M, Wang B, Robertson A, Waller E, Smith GC, Delahay RJ. Tuberculosis in found dead badgers at the edge of the expanding bovine tuberculosis epidemic. Sci Rep. 2025 Mar 27;15(1):10547. |
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Lakew M, Tadesse B, Bedada W, Wakjira BS, Mekonnen GA, Chibssa TR, Ashenafi H, Ameni G, Conlan AJK, Bakker D, Gumi B, Kapur V. Early calf segregation enables development of bovine tuberculosis-free replacement stock in a highly infected dairy herd: a preliminary study in Ethiopia. Front Vet Sci. 2025 Mar 19;12:1551065. |
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Jinks RC, Lesellier S, Smith F, Menzies FD, Ashford RT, Waring L, Dave D, Anderson P, Stringer LA, Pascual-Linaza AV, Corbett D, Thompson S, Arnold ME. Evaluating sensitivity and specificity of the DPP Vet TB assay in badgers using Bayesian latent class models. PLoS One. 2025 Mar 4;20(3):e0313825. |
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Robertson A, Chambers MA, Smith GC, Delahay RJ, McDonald RA, Brotherton PNM. Can badger vaccination contribute to bovine TB control? A narrative review of the evidence. Prev Vet Med. 2025 May;238:106464. |
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Allen A, Porter S, McCleery D, Ranasinghe PD, Devaney R, Ardis T, Lyons M, Whiteside D, Corrigan C, McCormick C, Presho E, Holmes C, McCarthy J, Decena D, Doyle M, Montgomery J, Redpath S, Thompson S, Wright L, Jones K, Ferguson I, Johnston P, Ford T, O´Brien D, Salvador L, Skuce R. Assessing the potential role of deer in the dissemination of Mycobacterium bovis infection to cattle in Northern Ireland. Infect Genet Evol. 2025 Mar;128:105721. |
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Kgasi AT, Michel AL. A knowledge, attitude and practices assessment of control measures for bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis towards a more effective approach to national control programs in South Africa. Trop Anim Health Prod. 2025 Jan 2;57(1):15. |
