Detection of bovine and human tuberculosis in cattle and other animals in six Central European countries during the years 2000-2004

Abstract

During a five year period (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004), the incidence of bovine and human tuberculosis in cattle and other animals from six Central European countries was evaluated: Croatia (HRV), the Czech Republic (CZE), Hungary (HUN), Poland (POL), Slovakia (SVK), and Slovenia (SVN). These countries, lying between the Baltic and the Adriatic seas, cover an area of 610 402 km 2 and had more than 68 million inhabitants and 9 330 264 cattle in 2003. Successful national control programmes against bovine tuberculosis in cattle were carried out up until

Mycobacterial infections in European wild boar (Sus scrofa) in the Czech Republic during the years 2002 to 2005

“…Under favourable conditions, the wild boar might become a reservoir of the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis in continental Europe in the near future. This was confirmed by the isolation of the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis from wild boar in some countries of Central Europe since 1990, such as Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Pavlik et al, 2002b(Pavlik et al, , 2005bMachackova et al, 2003;Pavlik, 2006). Continual increase in the population density of wild boar in Europe may also contribute to this situation (Kern et al, 1999;Pohlmeyer, 2002, 2003;Fernandez-Llario et al, 2003).…”

“…In continental Europe, only one population of European bison in Poland was infected from cattle (Bison bonasus; Lipiec, 1997, 1998;Pavlik et al, 2002bPavlik et al, , 2005bPavlik, 2006). Due to culling of more than 30 animals from the population, a further spread of infection among other animals, including cattle, was prevented (Welz et al, 2005).…”

“…From an epizootiological aspect, it is necessary to mention that the last outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in the Czech Republic was diagnosed in 1995 (Pavlik et al, 2002a, and in other animals in 2001 (Pavlik et al, 2005a;Pavlik, 2006 (Machackova et al, 2003). However, bovine tuberculosis was diagnosed in wild animals in neighbouring countries (Austria, Germany, Poland, and Slovakia) within the past two years Lipiec, 1997, 1998;Machackova et al, 2003;Erler et al, 2004;Prodinger et al, 2005;Pavlik et al, 2005b, Pavlik, 2006. Due to this, the risk of the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis spreading still exists in the Czech Republic today.…”

Risk assessment of mycobacterial infections (human tuberculosis and avian mycobacteriosis) during anatomical dissection of cadavers

“…IS6110 is an insertion sequence found specifically in MTC members (M. tuberculosis, M. africanum, M. bovis, M. caprae, M. bovis BCG, M. microti, M. pinnipedii, and M. canettii), and can be detected in tuberculous lesions from the lung tissue of infected individuals (Pavlik et al, 2000a;Dvorska et al, 2001;Aranaz et al, 2003;Cousins et al, 2003;Prodinger et al, 2005).…”

Mycobacterium caprae infection in cattle and pigs on one family farm inCroatia: a case report

“…Reported status and incidence of bovine tuberculosis in Croatia and other central European countries (Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland and Hungary) has shown good results of control programmes not only in domestic but also in wild animals (Cvetnic et al, 2000a,b;Milian-Suanzo et al, 2000;Machackova et al, 2003;Pavlik et al, 2005;Pavlik, 2006;Trcka et al, 2006). The last confirmed case of bovine tuberculosis in pig in Croatia was described in 1972 (Aleraj et al, 1972).…”