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  2. Mycobacterium bovis - Wikipedia

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    Mycobacterium bovis is a slow-growing (16- to 20-hour generation time) aerobic bacterium and the causative agent of tuberculosis in cattle (known as bovine TB).It is related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium which causes tuberculosis in humans.

  3. Tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Tuberculosis is spread from one person to the next through the air when people who have active TB in their lungs cough, spit, speak, or sneeze. [1] [9] People with latent TB do not spread the disease. [1] Active infection occurs more often in people with HIV/AIDS and in those who smoke. [1]

  4. Bovine tuberculosis detected in a cow for the first time in ...

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    Jul. 10—Bovine tuberculosis, a contagious disease in animals that can infect humans, has been detected in a cow on Molokai for the first time in 25 years, according to the state Department of ...

  5. Cross-species transmission - Wikipedia

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    Cross-species transmission is the most significant cause of disease emergence in humans and other species. [citation needed] Wildlife zoonotic diseases of microbial origin are also the most common group of human emerging diseases, and CST between wildlife and livestock has appreciable economic impacts in agriculture by reducing livestock productivity and imposing export restrictions. [2]

  6. Badger culling in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Between 1994 and 2011, 570 human cases of bovine TB were reported in humans. Most of these cases are thought to be in older people who could have been infected before milk pasteurisation became common in the UK. [12] One route of transmission to humans is drinking infected, unpasteurised milk (pasteurisation kills the bacterium). European ...

  7. Paratuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Paratuberculosis is found worldwide, with some states in Australia (where it is usually called bovine Johne's disease or BJD) being the only areas proven to be free of the disease. [2] At least in Canada, the signs of BJD usually start when cattle are four to seven years of age, and then usually only are diagnosed in one animal at a time. [3]

  8. Airborne transmission - Wikipedia

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    Airborne diseases can be transmitted from one individual to another through the air. The pathogens transmitted may be any kind of microbe , and they may be spread in aerosols, dust or droplets. The aerosols might be generated from sources of infection such as the bodily secretions of an infected individual, or biological wastes.

  9. One Health Model - Wikipedia

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    The concept of One Health is the unity of multiple practices that work together locally, nationally, and globally to help achieve optimal health for people, animals, and the environment. When the people, animals, and environment are put together they make up the One Health Triad . [ 2 ]