On the nature of para allergic reactions to tuberculin  in cows on dairy farms

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https://doi.org/10.29038/NCBio.24.2-18

Keywords:

tuberculosis, atypical mycobacterial allergen, epizootic and infectious processes, allergic reactions, clinical and pathomorphological methods, microbiological diagnostics.

Abstract

Animal  mycobacteriosis  in  most countries  is  a  field  of  close  attention  for  veterinary  medicine  scientists.  Unfortunately, 
mycobacteriosis of productive animals is not given due attention in Ukraine, even though every year, the number of farms where animals are 
found that give para allergic reactions to tuberculin is constantly increasing. This, on the one hand, complicates the diagnosis of animal 
tuberculosis and, on the other hand, does not answer the question of the nature of these para allergic reactions. At the same time, in dairy 
cattle breeding, the problem of para  allergic reactions during the diagnosis of tuberculosis causes significant economic losses due to the 
forced slaughter of young animals and highly productive cows. Given the facts of the detection in people with mycobacteriosis of several 
types  of  non-tuberculous  mycobacteria,  which  are  the  cause  of  sensitization  of  the  body  of  cows,  the  problem  of  prevention  of  animal 
mycobacteriosis is gaining medical and social significance. All of the above became the basis for establishing the reasons for constantly 
detecting tuberculin-reactive cows on one of the dairy farms in the Volyn region that are always safe from tuberculosis.

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Published

2024-12-30

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On the nature of para allergic reactions to tuberculin  in cows on dairy farms. (2024). Notes in Current Biology, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.29038/NCBio.24.2-18