Vaccination of calves with Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin

Reduces the frequency and severity of lesions of bovine tuberculosis under a natural transmission setting in Ethiopia

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
6 February 2017
Country:
Ethiopia
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Agriculture
Authors:
Ameni, G, Tafess, K, Zewde, A, Eguale, T

Abstract

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is highly prevalent in intensive dairy farms of the urban “milk-sheds” in Ethiopia, and vaccination could be a cost-effective disease control strategy. In the present study, the efficacy of Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG) to protect against bTB was assessed in Holstein–Friesian calves in a natural transmission setting.

This is a publication arising from the Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems (ZELS) programme

Citation

Ameni G, Tafess K, Zewde A, Eguale T, Tilahun M, Hailu T, Sirak A, Salguero F, Berg S, Aseffa A, Hewinson R, Vordermeier H (2018). Vaccination of calves with Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin reduces the frequency and severity of lesions of bovine tuberculosis under a natural transmission setting in Ethiopia. Transbound Emerg Dis. 65(1):96-104.

Vaccination of calves with Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin reduces the frequency and severity of lesions of bovine tuberculosis under a natural transmission setting in Ethiopia

Published 6 February 2017
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