Second line molecular diagnosis for bovine tuberculosis to improve diagnostic schemes.

Surveillance of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is partly based on the sanitary inspection of carcasses at the abattoir to detect bTB-like lesions which, in compliance with EU recommendations, are analysed by bacteriology and histopathology to disclose Mycobacterium bovis (or M. caprae) infection. Moreove...

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Main Authors: Lorraine Michelet, Krystel de Cruz, Claudine Karoui, Jennifer Tambosco, Jean-Louis Moyen, Sylvie Hénault, María Laura Boschiroli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6261039?pdf=render