Animal Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: Epidemiology, Diagnostic Methods, and Multi-Species Case Analysis
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editors
Interests: veterinary mycobacteriology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Mycobacterium caprae and Mycobacterium bovis infections; culture, serology and molecular biology diagnostic methods; immunology
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Interests: veterinary medicine; post-mortem examination of animals, veterinary mycobacteriology; ante mortem diagnosis of tuberculosis in various animal species; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Mycobacterium caprae and Mycobacterium bovis infections
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, especially M. bovis and M. caprae, are the causative agents of tuberculosis in various animal species. The aim of this Special Issue is to report on, update, and share the most relevant aspects of bovine tuberculosis. This Special Issue will focus on the epidemiology and diagnosis of MTBC bacteria in relation to different animal species. Epidemiological investigations into bovine tuberculosis are important in public health protection because, as a zoonosis, it can be transmitted from animals to humans. Surveillance data are useful in identifying high-risk areas and guiding cost-effective control strategies. Diagnostic methods, especially laboratory analysis including cultures of vital mycobacteria with species identification, represent important stages in confirming active infection at the animal level. Further molecular analysis enables us to trace the outbreak and identify the relationship between diseased animals. Case analyses for different animal species provide valuable information on the possible cross-species transmission of this pathogenic bacterium. We must not forget that animal tuberculosis is a zoonosis, and every case concerning livestock, companion, and wildlife animals should be taken into consideration in terms of the One Health approach.
We would like to invite colleagues to publish papers in this Special Issue focusing on mycobacteria causing bovine tuberculosis and other species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. We welcome contributions exploring diagnosis, the latest epidemiological data, and clinical manifestation and detection in different animal species, including humans. We hope that this Special Issue will reach a wide audience, to raise awareness about the scientific aspects of bovine tuberculosis from the One Health perspective and to provide a comprehensive overview of the disease. We welcome the submission of high-quality original research and review papers in this area.
Dr. Ewelina Szacawa
Dr. Monika Krajewska-Wędzina
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC)
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Mycobacterium caprae
- bovine tuberculosis
- animal tuberculosis
- culture
- molecular analysis
- diagnostic methods
- epidemiology
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