Authors : Sahraoui Naima, Muller Borna, Mamache Bakir, Yala Djamel, Boulahbal Fadila, Zinsstag Jakob and Guetarni Djamel
Abstract: Bovine tuberculosis is controlled in Algeria through the tuberculin test and slaughter seizures. Concerning goat tuberculosis, there is a lack of good screening methods on living animals, only post-mortem inspection of carcasses at slaughter houses is used. Continue all the paragraphs with each other. This study was conducted in four slaughterhouses in the northern region of Algeria. From a total of 7250 cattle collected during the year 2007, 260 inspected carcasses were positive, representing a prevalence of 3.58% of suspected tuberculous lesions. Among 995 inspected goat carcasses only 60 showed suspicious lesions of tuberculosis giving an infection rate of 6.03%. Bacteriological study of all suspicious lesions, revealed a total of 134 positive cultures, 51% of bovine origin and 10.01% of caprine origin. This study provides the first data confirming the presence of tuberculosis among cattle and goat populations in Algeria.
Sahraoui Naima, Muller Borna, Mamache Bakir, Yala Djamel, Boulahbal Fadila, Zinsstag Jakob and Guetarni Djamel, 2011. Tuberculosis in Cattle and Goats in the North of Algeria. Veterinary Research, 4: 100-103.