期刊名称:Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN:1232-1966
电子版ISSN:1898-2263
出版年度:2019
卷号:26
期号:3
页码:1-4
DOI:10.26444/aaem/102814
出版社:Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要:Introduction and objective. Bovine tuberculosis (bTB, bovine TB) is caused by mycobacteria which are grouped within
the MTBC. TB in animals is a highly infectious and progressive disease which can be transmitted to humans. Since 2009,
Poland has gained official bTB-free status. Despite the official fact of bTB-free status, a dozen bTB outbreaks are still noted
each year. Since 2000 in Poland, every year 1/5 of the national herd is subject to intradermal skin TB testing to control the
bTB outbreaks in the cattle population. Application, with 5-year intervals between each government-funded skin test,
undoubtedly resulted in financial savings. However it also seems to have caused several adverse and worrying events, e.g.
an increase in the number of reactors detected and removed from a single tested herd. The objective of this study was the
examination of 898 cattle imputed with bTB infection in Poland between 2008–2012.
Materials and method. The study concerned a potential epidemic outbreak with suspected bTB transmission. 20 cows
came from 3 herds in the same county located in the same province in southern Poland.
Results. 134 MTBC strains were identified. In MIRU-VNTR, all isolates showed the same genetic pattern 322532243421232.
Based on molecular investigation, the characteristics of M. bovis strains isolated from cattle from 3 different herds confirmed
the common source of this zoonotic disease.
Conclusions. Although not bacteriologically proven, everything points to the fact that humans were the vector of bovine
tuberculosis transmission between herds. This finding confirms transmission between 3 cattle herds in the Małopolskie
Province in southern Poland (Podhale). The outbreak of tuberculosis in animals finally compromised public health.