Prevalência e fatores de risco para a tuberculose em caprinos no Semi-árido Brasileiro.

Abstract

Among naturally transmissible diseases between animals and humans, tuberculosis takes over significant importance because affects animal health and is responsible for economic losses in domestic animals and represents danger for public health. Caprine tuberculosis is a disease caused by mycobacteria of the Mycobacteriaceae family and Mycobacterium genus, being Mycobacterium bovis the main agent. It is a disease of significant importance, affecting domestic and wild animals, birds and human beings. Caprine can also be infected and depending on management conditions to which they are submitted, they can have a high frequency of the disease. In this review the mean epidemiological, etiological, clinical signs, diagnosis and control aspects of the caprine tuberculosis are described.