Infection by Mycobacterium caprae in three cattle herds in Emilia-Romagna Region, Northern Italy


https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2020.8467
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2020)
Submitted: 3 August 2019
Accepted: 7 January 2020
Published: 6 April 2020
Mycobacterium caprae, dairy cattle, post mortem inspection, Italy
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Authors

  • Rossella Magnani National Health Service, Veterinary Service, Local Unit of Parma, Italy.
  • Mauro Cavalca National Health Service, Veterinary Service, Local Unit of Parma, Italy.
  • Marco Pierantoni National Health Service, Veterinary Service, Local Unit of Parma, Italy.
  • Andrea Luppi Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia-Romagna (IZSLER), Brescia, Italy.
  • Anna Maria Cantoni Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Italy.
  • Alice Prosperi Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia-Romagna (IZSLER), Brescia, Italy.
  • Maria Pacciarini Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia-Romagna (IZSLER), Brescia, Italy.
  • Mariagrazia Zanoni Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia-Romagna (IZSLER), Brescia, Italy.
  • Marco Tamba Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia-Romagna (IZSLER), Brescia, Italy.
  • Annalisa Santi Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia-Romagna (IZSLER), Brescia, Italy.
  • Silvia Bonardi
    silvia.bonardi@unipr.it
    Department of Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Italy. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-9290

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a contagious chronic disease associated with progressive emaciation (starvation) and tubercles (granuloma) formation commonly caused by Mycobacterium bovis. In cattle, M. caprae may also be responsible for bTB. In EU, human tuberculosis due to M. bovis had a notification rate of 0.04 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2017, but data did not include M. caprae 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 post mortem (PM) examination of slaughtered cattle and M. caprae 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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Magnani R, Cavalca M, Pierantoni M, Luppi A, Cantoni AM, Prosperi A, Pacciarini M, Zanoni M, Tamba M, Santi A, Bonardi S. Infection by Mycobacterium caprae in three cattle herds in Emilia-Romagna Region, Northern Italy. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 6 [cited 2024 Apr. 25];9(1). Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/8467

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