Background: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a major bacterial disease that causes significant economic disruption across the globe.
Aims: Our study was based on using a fluorescence polarization assay (FPA) that used fluorescein-labeled ESAT-6 protein to detect antibodies in bovine serum.
Methods: The ESAT-6 protein was used in a FPA.
The diagnosis of abortion in livestock is difficult. In this paper, Neospora caninumassociated abortion in cattle and buffaloes in India is reported for the first time. A total of 184 animals (cattle, n = 133; water buffaloes, n = 51) were randomly selected for seroprevalence studies from 28 farms with a history of abortion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic bacterial disease of cattle caused by . bTB causes severe economic losses resulting from livestock deaths, chronic disease, and trade restrictions. Determination of serum levels of adenosine deaminase (ADA), an enzyme produced by monocytes/macrophages and lymphocytes, has been used in the diagnosis of human TB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMastitis is inflammation of mammary gland affecting all the species of domestic animals. Fragments of the mitochondrial genome released from dying cells are considered surrogate markers of mitochondrial injury. We hypothesized that bovine mastitis would be associated with increased cell free mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content in serum and milk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim: Johne's disease is chronic granulomatous enteritis which affects ruminants. There are many diagnostic approaches for the detection of subsp. (MAP) of which molecular detection methods using various elements are less time consuming and more accurate.
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