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Online Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 10 (2) :
108 - 115,
2006
Outbreak of acute tuberculosis in a
goat herd; first report of Mycobacterium
caprae isolation in Greece
Ikonomopoulos
J Aranaz
A,
Balaskas
C,
Sechi L,
Gazouli M
Department
of Anatomy–Physiology, Faculty of Animal Science, Agricultural
University of
Athens, Athens, Greecea;
Departamento de Sanidad Animal I, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad
Complutense, Madrid,
Spainb; Dipartimento
di Scienze Biomediche, Università di
Sassari, Sassari, Italyc; and Department of Biology, School
of
Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greeced
ABSTRACT
Ikonomopoulos
J Aranaz
A,
Balaskas
C,
Sechi L, Gazouli M Outbreak
of acute tuberculosis in a
goat herd; first report of Mycobacterium
caprae isolation in Greece,
Online Journal of Veterinary Research 10 (2) 108
- 115, 2006. Mycobacterium
caprae
is a recently defined member of the Mycobacterium
tuberculosis complex that is responsible for tuberculosis among
animals and
to a limited extent, humans. Herein we report an outbreak of acute
tuberculosis
in a dairy goat farm at the North of Greece, which is the first case f M. caprae isolation in the country. The
disease was manifested mainly with pneumonia that resulted to the death
of the
affected animals within 15-60 days after first symptoms appeared.
Mortality of
goats that developed clinical disease reached 92%. Based on the
evidence
provided by spoligotyping, the isolate is similar to those commonly
found in
central Europe. In conclusion it
can be stated that caprine tuberculosis caused by M. caprae can
be
manifested in an acute form, representing like in the case described
here a
serious economic and health problem.
Key words: Tuberculosis;
Goats; M.
caprae; Zoonosis