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  • * An investigation into bTB outbreaks occurred among three dairy herds in Parma, Italy, which is officially free of bTB, revealing no positive animals in routine tests conducted every three years.
  • * Finding tubercular lesions during post-mortem examinations of slaughtered cattle underscores the necessity of veterinary inspections, highlighting the risk of undetected infections even in regions claimed to be free of bTB.

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Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a contagious chronic disease associated with progressive emaciation (starvation) and tubercles (granuloma) formation commonly caused by In cattle, may also be responsible for bTB. In EU, human tuberculosis due to had a notification rate of 0.04 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2017, but data did not include infections. From September 2018 to April 2019, bTB outbreaks were investigated in three neighbouring dairy cattle herds in Parma province, Northern Italy. Parma municipality belongs to an officially free of bovine tuberculosis (OTF) Italian region. Official testing on cattle herds, performed every three years as legally required, revealed no positive animals. Tubercular lesions were found during the (PM) examination of slaughtered cattle and genotype SB0418/VNTR 4,3,5,3,4,5,2,2,4, 3,15,5 was isolated. This report confirms the crucial importance of PM veterinary inspection at slaughterhouse, despite the OTF status of cattle herds.

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