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Livestock Disease Eradication Evaluation of the Cooperative State-Federal Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Program (1994) / Chapter Skim
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1 TUBERCULOSIS: THE DISEASE
Pages 7-12

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... From 1985 to 1992 Me number of cases of human tuberculosis in the United States was more Man 51,000, which was more than was expected based on historical trends (Centers for Disease Control, 1993a)
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... These peaks all related to the spread of He disease among susceptible populations living in crowded conditions. Since peaking in the 1800s in the United States, the prevalence of tuberculosis has declined steadily at a rate of about 5 to 6 percent per year.
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... The mortality rate caused by tuberculosis declined slightly in the late 1940s and early 1950s with the introduction of effective antituberculous drug therapy, but the incidence of overall disease continued to decrease at about 6 percent per year (Fishman, 1988~.
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... bovis infection in humans still exists in subpopulations. Ingestion of unpasteurized contaminated milk products poses a greater risk than ingestion of infected meat products because badly infected carcasses are condemned; parts of carcasses that are processed as meat products are inspected and thoroughly cooked (Konyha et al., 1980~.
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... Although of concern in the husbandry of traditional wildlife species, tuberculosis in nonungulates does not currently play a role in the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in cattle and other ungulates in the United States. In the United Kingdom, however, European badgers (Meles meles)
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... Mycobacterium marinum is the species most commonly isolated in reptiles; infections are less frequently caused by M chelonei and M
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  • cavitary lesions
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  • mycobacterium tuberculosis

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