Mycobacterium bovis, but also M. africanum present in raw milk of pastoral cattle in north-central Nigeria

Simeon I B Cadmus; Mohammed K Yakubu; Abdullahi A Magaji; Akinbowale O Jenkins; Dick van Soolingen

doi:10.1007/s11250-010-9533-2

Mycobacterium bovis, but also M. africanum present in raw milk of pastoral cattle in north-central Nigeria

Trop Anim Health Prod. 2010 Aug;42(6):1047-8. doi: 10.1007/s11250-010-9533-2. Epub 2010 Mar 4.

Authors

Simeon I B Cadmus¹, Mohammed K Yakubu, Abdullahi A Magaji, Akinbowale O Jenkins, Dick van Soolingen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan, P.O. Box 21452, U.I. Post Office, Ibadan, Nigeria. sibcadmus@yahoo.com

PMID: 20204509
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9533-2

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Animals
Cattle
Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
Cattle Diseases / virology*
Milk / virology*
Mycobacterium Infections / epidemiology
Mycobacterium Infections / veterinary*
Mycobacterium bovis / genetics*
Nigeria / epidemiology
Sequence Deletion / genetics
Species Specificity
Zoonoses / epidemiology*