Comparison between tests for tuberculosis diagnosis in slaughtered bovines

Autor: David Attuy Vey da Silva, Márcio Junio Lima Siconelli, Karina Paes Bürger, Lara Borges Keid
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Arquivos do Instituto Biológico, Vol 85, Iss 0 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1808-1657
DOI: 10.1590/1808-1657000652016
Popis: ABSTRACT: Our goal for this article is to compare several different diagnosis tests for bovine tuberculosis identification. We have performed bacterial isolation, histopathological characterization, acid-fast bacilli (AFB) identification and M. bovis DNA detection. Lesions suggestive of Tuberculosis were sampled from bovine lymph nodes during slaughtering of bovines at an abattoir that operates under federal inspection. The bacterial isolation was performed in solid culture mediums, the histopathological characterization was made by Hematoxylin-eosinstaining, and AFB identification by Ziehl-Neelsen staining. Bacterial DNA detection was performed by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) using DNA from two different sources, directly collected from the tuberculosis-like lesions (PCR followed by nested PCR) and from isolated bacteria. We have concluded that the multi-step approach, including histopathological characterization, bacterial isolation and AFB identification, is strongly recommended to diagnose tuberculosis in bovines. Furthermore, PCR assays using specimens of lesions suggestive of tuberculosis are a faster and more promising way to diagnose the disease. However, it should not be used alone due to the low sensitivity shown in this study.
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