title: Tuberculosis in domestic animal species.
abstract: M. bovis and M. caprae, members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC), are the major causative agents of tuberculosis in domestic animals. Notably, M. bovis exhibits a wide host range; the infection has been reported in many domesticated animals and free or captive wildlife. Despite most of them acting as spill-over hosts in particular epidemiological scenarios, some domesticated species as pigs, camelids and goats may display high rates of infection and possibly play a role in the inter-species transmission of the disease. The aim of this review is to make an updated overview of the susceptibility and the role in the transmission of the disease of the most common domesticated animals species such as small ruminants, pigs, horses, camelids, dogs and cats. An overview of the diagnostic approaches to detect the infection in each of the species included in the review is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy; VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, Universidad Complutense Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pesciaroli
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.affiliation: National Reference Centre for Bovine Tuberculosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Boniotti
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche, Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cagiola
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofialttico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Marco
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marianelli
authors.affiliation: National Reference Centre for Bovine Tuberculosis, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pacciarini
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy; FAO Reference Centre for Veterinary Public Health, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: paolo.pasquali@iss.it.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pasquali
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002161:Camelids, New World; D002415:Cats; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000662:veterinary; D004285:Dogs; D006041:Goats; D006736:Horses; D058507:Host Specificity; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D015995:Prevalence; D012418:Ruminants; D012756:Sheep; D034421:Sus scrofa; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium caprae; Tuberculosis