Molecular characterisation of the Mycobacterium bovis causing bovine tuberculosis outbreaks in Poland
2020
Krajewska-Wędzina Monika | Kozińska Monika | Radulski Łukasz | Lipiec Marek | Augustynowicz-Kopeć Ewa | Weiner Marcin | Szulowski Krzysztof
Since 2009, Poland has been recognised as a country officially free of bovine tuberculosis (bTB), although in each year of the last five there were from 8 to 18 outbreaks of the disease. In 2008–2016, the largest number of cattle infected with bovine mycobacteria were eliminated in the Masovian Province (the central region of Poland) and the largest number of outbreaks of this zoonosis were recorded in this area. The close proximity of farms where bTB was found led to the suspicion that tuberculosis could have been transmitted between the affected herds. The aim of the study was the molecular characterisation of the pertinent M. bovis/caprae strains and determination of the epidemiological relationship of various bTB outbreaks.
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