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Ten animals at Tsimbazaza Zoo and Botanical Park have died in recent weeks amid a tuberculosis outbreak. Photograph by Travelpix, Alamy Stock Photo The zoo did not respond to requests for comment.
THE TUBERCULOSIS PROBLEM.; Progress in Its Cure Due to Animal Experiment. Share full article. By Edward L. Trudeau, M.d., Ll.d.
Michigan has the only persisting bovine tuberculosis outbreak in wild deer anywhere in the U.S. — and it occasionally spills over to cattle farms.
OSSINEKE — Representatives from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), Michigan Department of ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Bovine tuberculosis (TB) has been confirmed in South Dakota for the first time since 2021. According to State Veterinarian Dr. Beth Thompson, the infected steer was… ...
Bovine tuberculosis found in Michigan cattle herd This is Michigan’s first bovine TB-infected herd detected since 2022. Kayla Clarke, Senior Web Producer.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bovine tuberculosis commonly impacts cattle and other animals, including bison, elk, and deer, but it can also infect humans.
So tuberculosis posed a danger "both through being a direct health risk and decimating prey animal populations," Lee and colleagues wrote in the other new study.
A case of bovine tuberculosis detected in a Manitoba cow has led to the quarantine of the herd and investigation by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.