Genetic diversity and antibiotic resistance of <i>Mycobacterium bovis</i> in bovines in the Delta area of Egypt.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) causes significant financial harm to the cattle industry through decreased productivity and trade limitations, while also posing a risk to human health through zoonotic transmission, which is primarily from unpasteurized milk or close animal contact.

Methods

Single intradermal tuberculin was used to test 2400 cases (1000 Holstein Friesian cattle and 1400 native breed buffaloes) during the national control program from Cairo, El-Buhaira, Dakahlia, Gharbia, Menoufia, and Sharkia districts located at the northern areas of Egypt. Tuberculin-positive cases were slaughtered and subjected to postmortem examination and isolation of M. bovis was performed. IS6110 primer was used in PCR test to confirm the existen

SUBMITTER: Elsayed MSA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12463954 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature