Mycobacterial Diseases of Animals

“Mycobacterial Diseases of Animals” is an annual special issue published in “Veterinary Medicine International.” The current issue is the 2012 issue, which is now closed for submissions.

Mycobacterial Diseases of Animals 2012

• Mycobacterial Diseases of Animals 2012, Mitchell V. Palmer, Michael D. Welsh, and Jesse M. Hostetter
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 684720, 2 pages
• Tuberculosis in Goats and Sheep in Afar Pastoral Region of Ethiopia and Isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Goat, Gezahegne Mamo Kassa, Fekadu Abebe, Yalelet Worku, Mengistu Legesse, Girmay Medhin, Gunnar Bjune, and Gobena Ameni
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 869146, 8 pages
• Progress in Oral Vaccination against Tuberculosis in Its Main Wildlife Reservoir in Iberia, the Eurasian Wild Boar, Beatriz Beltrán-Beck, Cristina Ballesteros, Joaquín Vicente, José de la Fuente, and Christian Gortázar
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 978501, 11 pages
• Herd-Level Risk Factors for Bovine Tuberculosis: A Literature Review, Robin A. Skuce, Adrian R. Allen, and Stanley W. J. McDowell
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 621210, 10 pages
• Detection of Bovine IgG Isotypes in a PPA-ELISA for Johne's Disease Diagnosis in Infected Herds, Bárbara Fernández, Liliana Rosa Gilardoni, Ana Jolly, Silvia Beatriz Colavecchia, Fernando Alberto Paolicchi, and Silvia Leonor Mundo
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 145318, 6 pages
• Evaluation of Serodiagnostic Assays for Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Elk, White-Tailed Deer, and Reindeer in the United States, Jeffrey T. Nelson, Kathleen A. Orloski, Audra L. Lloyd, Mark Camacho, Mark A. Schoenbaum, Suelee Robbe-Austerman, Bruce V. Thomsen, and S. Mark Hall
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 563293, 7 pages
• Search for Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis Antigens for the Diagnosis of Paratuberculosis, María Laura Mon, Mariana Viale, Guido Baschetti, Fiorella Alvarado Pinedo, Andrea Gioffre, Gabriel Travería, Peter Willemsen, Douwe Bakker, and María Isabel Romano
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 860362, 9 pages
• Mycobacterium bovis: A Model Pathogen at the Interface of Livestock, Wildlife, and Humans, Mitchell V. Palmer, Tyler C. Thacker, W. Ray Waters, Christian Gortázar, and Leigh A. L. Corner
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 236205, 17 pages
• Longitudinal Pathogenesis Study of Young Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) after Experimental Challenge with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), Colin Mackintosh, Gary Clark, Brendan Tolentino, Simon Liggett, Geoff de Lisle, and Frank Griffin
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 931948, 8 pages
• Opportunities for Improved Serodiagnosis of Human Tuberculosis, Bovine Tuberculosis, and Paratuberculosis, Ashutosh Wadhwa, Graham J. Hickling, and Shigetoshi Eda
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 674238, 13 pages
• Differential Gene Expression Segregates Cattle Confirmed Positive for Bovine Tuberculosis from Antemortem Tuberculosis Test-False Positive Cattle Originating from Herds Free of Bovine Tuberculosis, Ailam Lim, Juan P. Steibel, Paul M. Coussens, Daniel L. Grooms, and Steven R. Bolin
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 192926, 12 pages
• Experimental Aerosol Inoculation and Investigation of Potential Lateral Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis in Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), Karla A. Fenton, Scott D. Fitzgerald, Steve Bolin, John Kaneene, James Sikarskie, Rena Greenwald, and Konstantin Lyashchenko
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 842861, 5 pages
• T-Cell and Antibody Responses to Mycobacterial Antigens in Tuberculin Skin-Test-Positive Bos indicus and Bos taurus Cattle in Ethiopia, Gobena Ameni, Paul Cockle, Konstantin Lyashchenko, and Martin Vordermeier
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 457872, 6 pages
• DNA Typing of Mycobacterium bovis Isolates from Badgers (Meles meles) Culled from Areas in Ireland with Different Levels of Tuberculosis Prevalence, Claire Furphy, Eamon Costello, Denise Murphy, Leigh A. L. Corner, and Eamonn Gormley
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 742478, 6 pages
• An Evaluation of MAPIA in Michigan as an Ante-Mortem Supplemental Test for Use in Suspect Tuberculosis Cattle, Scott D. Fitzgerald, Heather A. Grodi, and John B. Kaneene
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 674368, 6 pages
• Pulmonary Disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Horse: Zoonotic Concerns and Limitations of Antemortem Testing, Konstantin P. Lyashchenko, Rena Greenwald, Javan Esfandiari, Alexis Lecu, W. Ray Waters, Horst Posthaus, Thomas Bodmer, Jean-Paul Janssens, Fabio Aloisio, Claudia Graubner, Eléonore Grosclaude, Alessandra Piersigilli, and Irene Schiller
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 642145, 6 pages
• Bovine Tuberculosis in Cattle in the Highlands of Cameroon: Seroprevalence Estimates and Rates of Tuberculin Skin Test Reactors at Modified Cut-Offs, J. Awah-Ndukum, A. C. Kudi, G. S. Bah, G. Bradley, S. F. Tebug, P. L. Dickmu, H. N. Njakoi, and W. N. Agharih
  Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 798502, 13 pages

Mycobacterial Diseases of Animals 2011

• Mycobacterial Diseases of Animals, Mitchell V. Palmer, Michael D. Welsh, and Jesse M. Hostetter
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 292469, 2 pages
• Tuberculosis in Birds: Insights into the Mycobacterium avium Infections, Kuldeep Dhama, Mahesh Mahendran, Ruchi Tiwari, Shambhu Dayal Singh, Deepak Kumar, Shoorvir Singh, and Pradeep Mahadev Sawant
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 712369, 14 pages
• Perspectives on the History of Bovine TB and the Role of Tuberculin in Bovine TB Eradication, Margaret Good and Anthony Duignan
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 410470, 11 pages
• Multihost Tuberculosis: Insights from the Portuguese Control Program, Mónica V. Cunha, Madalena Monteiro, Paulo Carvalho, Paula Mendonça, Teresa Albuquerque, and Ana Botelho
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 795165, 10 pages
• A Review of Bovine Tuberculosis in the Kafue Basin Ecosystem, Musso Munyeme and Hetron Mweemba Munang'andu
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 918743, 9 pages
• Bovine Tuberculosis and the Establishment of an Eradication Program in the United States: Role of Veterinarians, Mitchell V. Palmer and W. Ray Waters
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 816345, 12 pages
• Comparative Gamma Delta T Cell Immunology: A Focus on Mycobacterial Disease in Cattle, Brandon L. Plattner and Jesse M. Hostetter
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 214384, 8 pages
• The First Report of Mycobacterium celatum Isolation from Domestic Pig (Sus scrofa domestica) and Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) and an Overview of Human Infections in Slovenia, Mateja Pate, Manca Žolnir-Dovč, Darja Kušar, Brane Krt, Silvio Špičić, Željko Cvetnić, and Matjaž Ocepek
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 432954, 8 pages
• Bovine Tuberculosis in a Nebraska Herd of Farmed Elk and Fallow Deer: A Failure of the Tuberculin Skin Test and Opportunities for Serodiagnosis, W. Ray Waters, Gary E. Stevens, Mark A. Schoenbaum, Kathy A. Orloski, Suelee Robbe-Austerman, N. Beth Harris, S. Mark Hall, Bruce V. Thomsen, Arach J. Wilson, Roger E. Brannian, Jeffrey T. Nelson, Shawn Schafer, Javan Esfandiari, Meghan Dutton, Rena Greenwald, and Konstantin P. Lyashchenko
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 953985, 8 pages
• Preventing the Establishment of a Wildlife Disease Reservoir: A Case Study of Bovine Tuberculosis in Wild Deer in Minnesota, USA, Michelle Carstensen and Michael W. DonCarlos
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 413240, 10 pages
• Mycobacterium bovis in Swine: Spoligotyping of Isolates from Argentina, Soledad Barandiaran, Marcela Martínez Vivot, Eduardo Vicente Moras, Angel Adrián Cataldi, and Martín José Zumárraga
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 979647, 6 pages
• Descriptive Epidemiology of Bovine Tuberculosis in Michigan (1975–2010): Lessons Learned, Chika C. Okafor, Daniel L. Grooms, Colleen S. Bruning-Fann, James J. Averill, and John B. Kaneene
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 874924, 13 pages
• Lesion Distribution and Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis in Elk and White-Tailed Deer in South-Western Manitoba, Canada, Todd K. Shury and Doug Bergeson
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 591980, 11 pages
• Ovine Paratuberculosis: A Seroprevalence Study in Dairy Flocks Reared in the Marche Region, Italy, Attili Anna Rita, Ngu Ngwa Victor, Preziuso Silvia, Pacifici Luciana, Domesi Anastasia, and Cuteri Vincenzo
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 782875, 10 pages
• Apparent Prevalence of Beef Carcasses Contaminated with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Sampled from Danish Slaughter Cattle, Hisako Okura, Nils Toft, Nicola Pozzato, Annalucia Tondo, and Søren Saxmose Nielsen
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 152687, 7 pages
• Mycobacteria in Terrestrial Small Mammals on Cattle Farms in Tanzania, Lies Durnez, Abdul Katakweba, Harrison Sadiki, Charles R. Katholi, Rudovick R. Kazwala, Robert R. Machang'u, Françoise Portaels, and Herwig Leirs
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 495074, 12 pages
• A Study of the Persistence of Mycobacterium bovis in the Environment under Natural Weather Conditions in Michigan, USA, Amanda E. Fine, Carole A. Bolin, Joseph C. Gardiner, and John B. Kaneene
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 765430, 12 pages
• Leaching of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Soil under In Vitro Conditions, Eran A. Raizman, Mussie Y. Habteselassie, Ching C. Wu, Tsang L. Lin, M. Negron, and Ronald F. Turco
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 506239, 6 pages
• Long-Term Survival of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Fecal Samples Obtained from Naturally Infected Cows and Stored at −18°C and −70°C, Eran A. Raizman, L. A. Espejo, and S. J. Wells
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 341691, 5 pages
• The Effect of Mycobacterium avium Complex Infections on Routine Mycobacterium bovis Diagnostic Tests, Claire Barry, David Corbett, Douwe Bakker, Peter Andersen, Jim McNair, and Sam Strain
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 145092, 7 pages
• A New Experimental Infection Model in Ferrets Based on Aerosolised Mycobacterium bovis, Lyanne McCallan, David Corbett, Peter L. Andersen, Claus Aagaard, David McMurray, Claire Barry, Suzan Thompson, Samuel Strain, and Jim McNair
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 981410, 9 pages
• Overt Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Infection: An Infrequent Occurrence in Archived Tissue from False TB Reactor Cattle in Michigan, USA, Scott D. Fitzgerald, Steven R. Bolin, Kathryn G. Boland, Ailam Lim, and John B. Kaneene
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 910738, 7 pages
• Diagnosis and Molecular Characterization of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from Dairy Cows in Colombia, J. A. Fernández-Silva, A. Abdulmawjood, and M. Bülte
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 352561, 12 pages
• Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis by a Direct In Situ PCR Method, Fernando Delgado, Diana Aguilar, Sergio Garbaccio, Gladys Francinelli, R. Hernández-Pando, and María Isabel Romano
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 267102, 5 pages
• Comparative Intradermal Tuberculin Testing of Free-Ranging African Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) Captured for Ex Situ Conservation in the Kafue Basin Ecosystem in Zambia, Hetron Mweemba Munang'andu, Victor Siamudaala, Wigganson Matandiko, Andrew Nambota, John Bwalya Muma, Aaron Simanyengwe Mweene, and Musso Munyeme
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 385091, 5 pages
• Antibodies Induced by Lipoarabinomannan in Bovines: Characterization and Effects on the Interaction between Mycobacterium avium Subsp. paratuberculosis and Macrophages In Vitro, Ana Jolly, Silvia Beatriz Colavecchia, Bárbara Fernández, Eloy Fernández, and Silvia Leonor Mundo
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 258479, 8 pages
• Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium bovis Isolates from Michigan White-Tailed Deer during the 2009 Hunting Season, Scott D. Fitzgerald, Angie M. Schooley, Dale E. Berry, and John B. Kaneene
  Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 903683, 4 pages