Author/Authors :
GHARIB MOMBENI, Ehsan Animal Diseases Control and Monitoring - Khuzestan Province Veterinary Organization, Ahvaz , MOSAVARI, Nader Dept. of Tuberculosis - Razi Vaccine & Serum Research Institute, Hessarak, Karaj , MORADI GRAVAND, Morad Dept. of Tuberculosis - Iran Veterinary Organization, Tehran , REZAI, Abdol Amir Dept. of Tuberculosis - Iran Veterinary Organization, Tehran , KESHAVARZ, Rohollah Dept. of Tuberculosis - Razi Vaccine & Serum Research Institute, Hessarak, Karaj , TADAYON, Keyvan Dept. of Tuberculosis - Razi Vaccine & Serum Research Institute, Hessarak, Karaj , BAKHSHI, Reza Dept. of Tuberculosis - Razi Vaccine & Serum Research Institute, Hessarak, Karaj , BEHMANESH, Reza Animal Diseases Control and Monitoring - Khuzestan Province Veterinary Organization, Ahvaz
Abstract :
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 tuberculosis in a European fallow deer (Dama dama dama) in Iran. The deer was emaciated and found dead in the Hoveize Provincial Zoo Park. Post-mortem examinations re-vealed multifocal granulomatous and suppurative abscesses in the lungs and mesenteric lymph nodes. These post-mortem indicators led the authors to suspect TB, and the PCR test and bacteriology tests confirmed it as an infection by the Mycobacterium bovis. This survey discusses the important implications of such findings for wildlife, especially li-vestock, as well as for human TB disease control, because deer are often conserved in public zoos and humans often come into contact with them.
Keywords :
Mycobacterium bovis , Tuberculosis , European fallow deer , Iran
