• Zoonotic Tuberculosis: Mycobacterium bovis and Other Pathogenic Mycobacteria, Third Edition is a comprehensive review of the state of the art in the control and elimination of infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in animals and humans. This update to the most complete and current reference available on Mycobacterium bovis includes new coverage of the latest molecular techniques; more information on human infection and One Health; updates to the information on the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), the World Health Organization (WHO), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Tuberculosis Eradication Program; and coverage of additional African countries. The Third Edition upholds the book’s reputation as a truly global resource on M. bovis.

    Written by an international list of tuberculosis experts, chapters cover the status of tuberculosis in many regions throughout the world and deal with issues related to the detection, spread, and control of Mycobacterium bovis, as well as the economic impact of outbreaks. Zoonotic Tuberculosis: Mycobacterium bovis and Other Pathogenic Mycobacteria offers valuable information for public health officials, medical doctors, state and federal regulatory veterinarians, veterinary practitioners, and animal caretakers.

  • Contributors ix

    Preface xv

    1 Tuberculosis in animals and humans: An introduction 3
    Charles O. Thoen, Philip A. LoBue, and Donald A. Enarson

    2 One Health approach for preventing and controlling tuberculosis in animals and humans 9
    John B. Kaneene, Bruce Kaplan, James H. Steele, and Charles O. Thoen

    3 Public health significance of zoonotic tuberculosis caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex 21
    Adam J. Langer and Philip A. LoBue

    4 Mycobacterium bovis infection in humans and animals with an emphasis on countries in Central and South America 35
    Isabel N. de Kantor, Pedro M. Torres, Eliana Roxo, Alfredo Garin, Luis A. Paredes Noack, María D. Sequeira, María Susana Imaz, Nora Morcillo, and María Alice da Silva Telles

    5 Pathogenesis of tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis 51
    Charles O. Thoen and Raúl G. Barletta

    6 Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis 63
    Julian A. Drewe, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, and John B. Kaneene

    7 Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis 79
    Julian A. Drewe and Noel H. Smith

    8 New and current approaches for isolation, identification, and genotyping of Mycobacterium bovis 89
    Suelee Robbe-Austerman and Claude Turcotte

    9 Tuberculosis in animals in South Africa 99
    Nick Kriek

    10 Status and control of bovine tuberculosis in Ethiopia 109
    Asseged Bogale, Berhanu Tameru, and Tsegaye Habtemariam

    11 Distribution, public health significance, and control status of bovine tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis in Uganda 133
    David Nganwa and Asseged Bogale

    12 Bovine tuberculosis: Epidemiology, zoonotic transmission, activities, and challenges toward its control in Nigeria 149
    Simeon I.B. Cadmus and F. Olalekan Ayanwale

    13 Factors contributing to the transmission of bovine tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis and its control status in Sudan 159
    Ehsan Abdalla and David Nganwa

    14 Overview of bovine tuberculosis in Ghana 175
    Gregory Banayah Mwinyelle and Andy Alhassan

    15 Status and control of tuberculosis in animals in Pakistan 181
    M. Tariq Javed

    16 Zoonotic tuberculosis in humans, elephants, and other animals in Nepal 191
    Mahesh Bhandari and Charles O. Thoen

    17 Zoonotic tuberculosis in India 197
    Rishendra Verma

    18 An overview of Mycobacterium bovis infections in domestic and wild animals in Korea 203
    Han Sang Yoo and Kyoungjin J. Yoon

    19 Mycobacterium bovis infection and control in China 213
    Aizhen Guo, Yingyu Chen, and Huanchun Chen

    20 Zoonotic tuberculosis in Australia and New Zealand 221
    Graham Nugent and Debra V. Cousins

    21 Bovine tuberculosis eradication in the United States: A century of progress 235
    Alecia Larew Naugle, Mark Schoenbaum, C. William Hench, Owen L. Henderson, and Jack Shere

    22 The occurrence of M. bovis cases in U.S. cattle, 2001–2011 253
    Katie Portacci, Jason Lombard, Mark Schoenbaum, Kathleen Orloski, and Mark Camacho

    23 The importance of M. bovis infection in cervids on the eradication of bovine tuberculosis in the United States 263
    Michael J. Gilsdorf and John B. Kaneene

    24 Evaluation of antemortem diagnostic tests for detecting bovine tuberculosis infection in the United States 277
    Mark Schoenbaum, María Celia Antognoli, and Kathleen Orloski

    25 Canada’s bovine tuberculosis eradication program: Past and present 287
    Noel Harrington, Krista Howden, and Claude Turcotte

    26 Bovine tuberculosis eradication program in Mexico 291
    Alejandro Perera Ortiz, José Alfredo Gutiérrez-Reyes, Estela Flores Velázquez, Guillermo Agustín Reyes Escalona, and Eli Tonatiuh Selva Hernández

    27 Epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in the Republic of Serbia with a brief overview of the current epidemiological situation in the region 309
    Dejan Krnjaic, Budimir Plavsic, and Slavoljub Stanojevic

    28 The impact of an integrated wildlife and bovine tuberculosis eradication program in Ireland 323
    Michael Sheridan, Margaret Good, Simon J. More, and Eamonn Gormley

    29 Bovine tuberculosis eradication in France 341
    María Laura Boschiroli and Jean-Jacques Bénet

    30 Animal tuberculosis in Spain: A multihost system 349
    Christian Gortazar and Mariana Boadella

    31 Tuberculosis eradication in Italy 357
    Laura Chiavacci, Alessandro Dondo, Maria Goria, Giuliana Moda, Luigi Ruocco, Patrizia Vignetta, and Simona Zoppi

    32 Status of bovine tuberculosis control in countries of Central Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union 369
    Ivo Pavlik

    33 Zoonotic tuberculosis in nonhuman primates 383
    Pat A. Frost, Paul P. Calle, Hilton Klein, and Charles O. Thoen

    Index 399

  • Charles O. Thoen, DVM, PhD

    Is Professor and former Chairman of the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University. He is former Chairman of the IUATLD Scientific Committee on Tuberculosis in Animals; former Chairman of the WHO Committee on Animal Tuberculosis; Former Head of the Mycobacteria and Brucella Section, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA; and former Research Fellow in Microbiology, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, University of Minnesota.

    James H. Steele, DVM, MPH

    Was previously Professor Emeritus, Environmental Health, The University of Texas$en$Houston School of Public Health, Center for Infectious Diseases, Houston, TX. Dr. Steele was formerly Chief Veterinary Officer, Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service, and Consult to United Nations agencies, WHO, Food and Agriculture Organization, PAHO, International Atomic Energy Organization, and the World Bank.

    John B. Kaneene, DVM, MPH, PhD, FAES, FAVES

    Is a University Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health. He is the founding and current Director of the Center for Comparative Epidemiology at Michigan State University. Dr. Kaneene is a current member of the IUATLD and is a former Program Secretary and Chairperson of the zoonotic tuberculosis subcommittee of the IUATLD. Dr. Kaneene has active research on the molecular and quantitative epidemiology of zoonotic TB in several countries in Asia and Africa.

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