EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS OF ELEPHAS MAXIMUS)
| Autor: | Susan K. Mikota, William A. Lindsay, Joel N. Maslow, Delphi Chatterjee, Freeland Dunker, Linda Peddie, Ramiro Isaza, Gary West, C. Thoen, D. Whipple, D. S. Davis, C. Sedgwick, Mo Salman, James Peddie, Richard J. Montali, Michael H. Ziccardi, Janet B. Payeur, R. S. Larsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis General Veterinary biology business.industry Diagnostic test General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Serology Mycobacterium tuberculosis Elephas Internal medicine Immunology Epidemiology Herd Medicine Animal Science and Zoology business Tuberculin test |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 32:1-16 |
| ISSN: | 1042-7260 |
| DOI: | 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0001:eadomt]2.0.co;2 |
| Popis: | The deaths of two Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in August 1996 led the United States Department of Agriculture to require the testing and treatment of elephants for tuberculosis. From August 1996 to September 1999. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection was confirmed by culture in 12 of 118 elephants in six herds. Eight diagnoses were made antemortem on the basis of isolation of M. tuberculosis by culture of trunk wash samples; the remainder (including the initial two) were diagnosed postmortem. We present the case histories, epidemiologic characteristics, diagnostic test results, and therapeutic plans from these six herds. The intradermal tuberculin test, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay serology, the blood tuberculosis test, and nucleic acid amplification and culture are compared as methods to diagnose M. tuberculosis infection in elephants. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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