Bovine Tuberculosis and the Establishment of an Eradication Program in the United States: Role of Veterinarians

The significance of the identification of Mycobacterium bovis as a zoonotic pathogen in 1882 was not initially recognized. After years of research by veterinarians, and other scientists, the importance of M. bovis as a pathogen and the public health ramifications, were appreciated. Veterinarians pl...

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Main Authors:	Palmer, Mitchell V., Waters, W. Ray
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3103864/

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spelling	pubmed-31038642011-06-06 Bovine Tuberculosis and the Establishment of an Eradication Program in the United States: Role of Veterinarians Palmer, Mitchell V. Waters, W. Ray Review Article The significance of the identification of Mycobacterium bovis as a zoonotic pathogen in 1882 was not initially recognized. After years of research by veterinarians, and other scientists, the importance of M. bovis as a pathogen and the public health ramifications, were appreciated. Veterinarians played pivotal roles in the creation of improved meat and milk inspection, diagnosis of M. bovis infected cattle, and in time, a bovine tuberculosis eradication program that would impact every cattle producer in the country. After overcoming many challenges, the 93-year-long program has decreased disease prevalence from 5% to <0.001%. Today, years of hard work by practitioners, researchers and regulatory officials alike, have yielded a program with a net benefit of almost $160 million per year. SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3103864/ /pubmed/21647341 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/816345 Text en Copyright © 2011 M. V. Palmer and W. R. Waters. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title	Bovine Tuberculosis and the Establishment of an Eradication Program in the United States: Role of Veterinarians
title_short	Bovine Tuberculosis and the Establishment of an Eradication Program in the United States: Role of Veterinarians
title_full	Bovine Tuberculosis and the Establishment of an Eradication Program in the United States: Role of Veterinarians
title_fullStr	Bovine Tuberculosis and the Establishment of an Eradication Program in the United States: Role of Veterinarians
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title_sort	bovine tuberculosis and the establishment of an eradication program in the united states: role of veterinarians
description	The significance of the identification of Mycobacterium bovis as a zoonotic pathogen in 1882 was not initially recognized. After years of research by veterinarians, and other scientists, the importance of M. bovis as a pathogen and the public health ramifications, were appreciated. Veterinarians played pivotal roles in the creation of improved meat and milk inspection, diagnosis of M. bovis infected cattle, and in time, a bovine tuberculosis eradication program that would impact every cattle producer in the country. After overcoming many challenges, the 93-year-long program has decreased disease prevalence from 5% to <0.001%. Today, years of hard work by practitioners, researchers and regulatory officials alike, have yielded a program with a net benefit of almost $160 million per year.
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Bovine Tuberculosis and the Establishment of an Eradication Program in the United States: Role of Veterinarians

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