First Report of Mycobacterium bovis Isolation from A European Fallow Deer (Dama Dama Dama) in Iran

• Main Authors: Ehsan GHARIB MOMBENI (Author), Nader MOSAVARI (Author), Morad MORADI GRAVAND (Author), Abdol Amir REZAI (Author), Rohollah KESHAVARZ (Author), Keyvan TADAYON (Author), Reza BAKHSHI (Author), Reza BEHMANESH (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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At present, most of Iran is free of bovine tuberculosis (TB). The strategy of control and eradication in Iran involves a tuberculation test and slaughter of reactors, a procedure transformed the present-day prevalence of TB into a sporadic occurrence. This paper describes the first report of bovine...