Publications by authors named "Zoraida Cervera"
Article Synopsis
- Goats are being studied as a model for tuberculosis (TB) to evaluate new vaccines and treatments, comparing two methods of infection: intranasal (IN) and endobronchial (EB).
- Fourteen goats were divided into two groups and monitored for clinical signs and immune responses over nine weeks, after which they were euthanized for detailed examinations of lung lesions and bacterial loads.
- Results showed that the IN method resulted in slower disease progression and less severe lung damage compared to the EB method, indicating that the route of infection significantly affects the study of TB and vaccine testing.
Vaccination of goats against tuberculosis (TB) has been promoted as an ancillary tool for controlling the disease in infected livestock herds. A three-year trial to assess the efficacy of BCG vaccine was carried out in five goat herds. At the beginning of the trial (month 0), all animals were tested for TB using thee different diagnostic tests.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVaccination of domestic animals has emerged as an alternative long-term strategy for the control of tuberculosis (TB). A trial under field conditions was conducted in a TB-free goat herd to assess the safety of the Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine. Eleven kids and 10 milking goats were vaccinated with BCG.
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