Individual animals of a cattle herd infected with the same Mycobacterium bovis genotype shows important variations in bacteriological, histopathological and immune response parameters.

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Cattle are the host and main reservoir of the etiologic agent of bovine tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis; although other mammalian species, including humans, are susceptible. The tuberculin test and/or slaughterhouse surveillance is the diagnostic method used by control programs all around the world to control and eradicate the disease. In order to compare different tuberculosis diagnostic tests and to reach...

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