Mycobacterium bovis, but also M. africanum present in raw milk of pastoral cattle in north-central Nigeria.
Using deletion typing technique, five mycobacteria isolated from unpasteurised milk samples from cows in north-central Nigeria were characterized as Mycobacterium bovis (n = 4) and M. africanum (n = 1). This report emphasizes that transmission between the animal and human reservoir is a serious threat in Nigeria.
Cadmus
Simeon I B
SI
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan, P.O. Box 21452, U.I. Post Office, Ibadan, Nigeria. sibcadmus@yahoo.com
Yakubu
Mohammed K
MK
Magaji
Abdullahi A
AA
Jenkins
Akinbowale O
AO
van Soolingen
Dick
D
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D008892:Milk / Q000821:virology*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000235:genetics*; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D017384:Sequence Deletion / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology*