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Review on bovine tuberculosis

October 1st, 2014

A comprehensive review on bovine tuberculosis has been published in the Research Veterinary Science Journal. This special issue “Bovine Tuberculosis” is one of the deliverables for the TB-STEP project (Strategies for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis, 212414), coordinated by Dr. Lucas Domínguez, Director of the VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre. Partners of the project together with other scientists have collaborated in this issue edited by Dr. Lucía de Juan (VISAVET-UCM, Spain) and Dr. Martin Vordermeier (APHA, UK).


Isabel Mínguez Tudela

This supplement issue was conceived in memory of Dr. Isabel Mínguez Tudela (1956–2011), one of the scientists who have largely contributed to the knowledge of tuberculosis in animals and its impact on public health in the last three decades.


The scientific papers included in the review are listed below:



Articles:

 

Bovine tuberculosis: Historical perspective
Bezos J., Álvarez J., Romero B., de Juan L., Domínguez L.
Pathology of bovine tuberculosis
Domingo M., Vidal E., Marco A.
Current ante-mortem techniques for diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis
Bezos J., Casal C., Romero B., Schroeder B., Hardegger R., Raeber A.J., López L., Rueda P., Domínguez L.
Vaccination of domestic animals against tuberculosis: Review of progress and contributions to the field of the TBSTEP project
Vordermeier H.M., Pérez de Val B., Buddle B.M., Villarreal-Ramos B., Jones G.J., Hewinson R.G., Domingo M.
Bovine tuberculosis: Within-herd transmission models to support and direct the decision-making process
Álvarez J., Bezos J., de la Cruz M.L., Casal C., Romero B., Domínguez L., de Juan L., Pérez A.
Tuberculosis in domestic animal species
Pesciaroli M., Álvarez J., Boniotti M.B., Cagiola M., Di Marco V., Marianelli C., Pacciarini M., Pasquali P.
Evaluating the tuberculosis hazard posed to cattle from wildlife across Europe
Hardstaff J.L., Marion G, Hutchings M.R., White P.C.L.







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Review on bovine tuberculosis
Tuberculosis: a disease shared between human beings and animals