A review of the contemporary knowledge of bovine tuberculosis and government policy in Iran
2011
Tadayon, Keyvan | Forbes, Ken | Soleimani, Davoud | Pajoohi, Reza Aref | Marhmati, Bahman | Javidi, Jamaloddin | Keshavarz, Rouholah | Soleimani, Kioomars | Shakibamehr, Ali | Taheri, Mohammad Mohammad | Pour, Shojaat Dashti | Mosavari, Nader
In 1931 Carpantier reported bovine TB (BTB) in Iranian cattle. Some eighty years on with a national test-and-slaughter programme in place for over four decades, the efforts to vanquish Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) infection in cattle have been in vain as the vast majority of the 30 Iranian provinces still have reports of BTB in their cattle herds every year. This paper reviews the present epidemiology of BTB in Iran and in the region and evaluates the success of government policy in controlling this disease.
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