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Prevalence of Bovine Tuberculosis in India
Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Laurel Easterling, Bipin Rimal, Xiaoyue Maggie Niu, Andrew JK Conlan, Patrick Dudas, Vivek Kapur
Oct 10, 2018
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic disease of cattle that impacts productivity and represents a major public health threat. Despite the considerable economic costs and zoonotic risk consequences associated with the disease...
Effect of Bovine Tuberculosis on Selected Productivity Parameters and Trading in Dairy Cattle Kept Under Intensive Husbandry in Central Ethiopia
Rea Tschopp, Andrew J. K. Conlan, Gizachew Gemechu, Gizat Almaw, Jan Hattendorf, Jakob Zinsstag, The ETHICOBOTS consortium, James L. N. Wood
Aug 11, 2021
Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) has substantial impact on fertility, milk, and meat productivity in cattle. However, these assumptions are based on outdated data. Recent global studies on the impact of BTB on cattle productivity are...
Genomic and temporal analyses of Mycobacterium bovis in southern Brazil.
Rudielle de Arruda Rodrigues, Flábio Ribeiro Araújo, Alberto Martín Rivera Dávila, Rodrigo Nestor Etges, Julian Parkhill, Andries J van Tonder
Jun 21, 2021
Mycobacterium bovis is a causal agent of bovine tuberculosis (bTB), one of the most important diseases currently facing the cattle industry worldwide. Tracing the source of M. bovis infections of livestock is an important tool...
Evaluation of the Efficacy of BCG in Protecting Against Contact Challenge With Bovine Tuberculosis in Holstein-Friesian and Zebu Crossbred Calves in Ethiopia.
A Defined Antigen Skin Test That Enables Implementation of BCG Vaccination for Control of Bovine Tuberculosis
Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Saraswathi Subramanian, Sai Shankar Balakrishnan, Kathiravan Ramaiyan Selvaraju, Vandana Manomohan, Suganya Selladurai, Monika Jothivelu, Srinivasan Kandasamy, Dhinakar Raj Gopal, Kumanan Kathaperumal, Andrew J. K. Conlan, Maroudam Veerasami, Douwe Bakker, Martin Vordermeier, Vivek Kapur
Aug 07, 2020
In most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), bovine tuberculosis (bTB) remains endemic due to the absence of control programs. This is because successful bTB control and eradication programs have relied on...
Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis and its associated risk factors in the emerging dairy belts of regional cities in Ethiopia.
Getnet Abie Mekonnen, Andrew JK Conlan, Stefan Berg, Birhanu Teshome Ayele, Alemseged Alemu, Sintayehu Guta, Mateios Lakew, Biniam Tadesse, Solomon Gebre, James LN Wood, Gobena Ameni, ETHICOBOTS consortium
May 24, 2019
Milk and meat consumption patterns and the potential risk of zoonotic disease transmission among urban and peri-urban dairy farmers in Ethiopia.
Tilaye Teklewold Deneke, Adam Bekele, Henrietta L Moore, Tadele Mamo, Gizat Almaw, Getnet Abie Mekonnen, Adane Mihret, Rea Tschopp, Likawent Yeheyis, Catherine Hodge, James LN Wood, Stefan Berg, ETHICOBOTS consortium
Feb 04, 2022
BACKGROUND: In the Ethiopian dairy farming system, prevalence of zoonotic diseases such as bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is high in the cattle population. This, combined with some risky milk and meat consumption habits, such as raw...
A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination Against Bovine Tuberculosis
Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Andrew J. K. Conlan, Laurel A. Easterling, Christian Herrera, Premanshu Dandapat, Maroudam Veerasami, Gobena Ameni, Naresh Jindal, Gopal Dhinakar Raj, James Wood, Nick Juleff, Douwe Bakker, Martin Vordermeier, Vivek Kapur
Aug 12, 2021
More than 50 million cattle are likely exposed to bovine tuberculosis (bTB) worldwide, highlighting an urgent need for bTB control strategies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and other regions where the disease...
A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination Against Bovine Tuberculosis
Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Andrew J. K. Conlan, Laurel A. Easterling, Christian Herrera, Premanshu Dandapat, Maroudam Veerasami, Gobena Ameni, Naresh Jindal, Gopal Dhinakar Raj, James Wood, Nick Juleff, Douwe Bakker, Martin Vordermeier, Vivek Kapur
Mar 04, 2021
More than 50 million cattle are likely exposed to bovine tuberculosis (bTB) worldwide, highlighting an urgent need for bTB control strategies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and other regions where the disease...
Field evaluation of specific mycobacterial protein-based skin test for the differentiation of Mycobacterium bovis-infected and Bacillus Calmette Guerin-vaccinated crossbred cattle in Ethiopia.
Berecha Bayissa, Asegedech Sirak, Aboma Zewude, Adane Worku, Balako Gumi, Stefan Berg, R Glyn Hewinson, James LN Wood, Gareth J Jones, ETHICOBOTS consortium, H Martin Vordermeier, Gobena Ameni
Aug 19, 2021
Evaluation of the Efficacy of BCG in Protecting Against Contact Challenge With Bovine Tuberculosis in Holstein-Friesian and Zebu Crossbred Calves in Ethiopia
Berecha Bayissa, Asegedech Sirak, Adane Worku, Aboma Zewude, Yemisrach Zeleke, Mahlet Chanyalew, Balako Gumi, Stefan Berg, Andrew Conlan, R. Glyn Hewinson, The ETHICOBOTS consortium, James L. N. Wood, H. Martin Vordermeier, Gobena Ameni
Aug 11, 2021
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is prevalent in intensive dairy farms in Ethiopia. Vaccination could be an alternative control approach given the socio-economic challenges of a test-and-slaughter control strategy. The efficacy of the...
A Defined Antigen Skin Test That Enables Implementation of BCG Vaccination for Control of Bovine Tuberculosis
Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Saraswathi Subramanian, Sai Shankar Balakrishnan, Kathiravan Ramaiyan Selvaraju, Vandana Manomohan, Suganya Selladurai, Monika Jothivelu, Srinivasan Kandasamy, Dhinakar Raj Gopal, Kumanan Kathaperumal, Andrew JK Conlan, Maroudam Veerasami, Douwe Bakker, Martin Vordermeier, Vivek Kapur
Dec 21, 2020
In most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), bovine tuberculosis (bTB) remains endemic due to the absence of control programs. This is because successful bTB control and eradication programs have relied on...
Dynamics and risk of transmission of bovine tuberculosis in the emerging dairy regions of Ethiopia.
GA Mekonnen, AJK Conlan, S Berg, BT Ayele, A Mihret, A Olani, H Asgedom, ETHICOBOTS consortium, JLN Wood, G Ameni
Mar 01, 2021
The Ethiopian government has several initiatives to expand and intensify the dairy industry; however, the risk of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) spread is a challenge. To assess the rate of expansion and risk factors for transmission...
A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination Against Bovine Tuberculosis
Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Andrew JK Conlan, Laurel A Easterling, Christian Herrera, Premanshu Dandapat, Maroudam Veerasami, Gobena Ameni, Naresh Jindal, Gopal Dhinakar Raj, James Wood, Nick Juleff, Douwe Bakker, Martin Vordermeier, Vivek Kapur
May 24, 2021
More than 50 million cattle are likely exposed to bovine tuberculosis (bTB) worldwide, highlighting an urgent need for bTB control strategies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and other regions where the disease...