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SUBMITTER: Cezar RD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4761206 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Cezar Renata Duarte da Silva RD Lucena-Silva Norma N Filho Antônio Fernando Barbosa Batista AF Borges Jonas de Melo Jde M de Oliveira Pollyane Raysa Fernandes PR Lúcio Érica Chaves ÉC Arruda-Lima Maíra M Santana Vania Lucia de Assis VL Pinheiro Junior José Wilton JW
BMC veterinary research 20160220
<h4>Background</h4>The present study aimed to direct detect Mycobacterium bovis in milk (n = 401) and blood (n = 401) samples collected from 401 dairy cows of 20 properties located in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, by real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) targeting the region of difference 4 (RD4). Risk factors possibly associated with bovine tuberculosis (BTB) were also evaluated.<h4>Results</h4>Of the 802 samples analyzed, one milk (0.25%) and eight blood (2%) samples were positive for M. bovis ...[more]