BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN FARM MANAGEMENT

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by a specific type of bacteria called

Mycobacterium Bovis. TB usually affects animal such as cattle. It can practically affect all
mammals causing general states of illness. It is spread by contact between infected domestic
animals such as cattle, wild animals and human. Infection can also occur from direct contact
with wound. For example during slaughtering animals.

Mycobacterium Bovis is killed by sunlight but it is resistant to desiccation and can survived
in a wide range of acids and alkalis. TB is a zoonotic disease and causes TB in human. The
disease can be transmitted in raw milk but pasteurisation effectively prevents the spread via
milk. Various body system can be effected, but signs care usually confirmed to the
respiratory tract. A soft chronic cough occurs once or twice a time. The bacteria associated
with the disease may lie dormant in an infected animals for years without causing clinical
signs or progressive disease symptoms. It can reactivate during periods of stress or in older
animals. When disease becomes progressive, it generally results in enlarged lesions which
may be found in a variety tissues including lymph nodes of the head and thorax, lung, spleen
and liver.

Malaysia has been informed of TB disease in cattle for a long time. A lot of things has
veterinarian do to prevent TB to spread to the civilian. The things that Malaysian veterinarian
has done are animal import control, control of moving out and moving in animal, detection
and diagnosis, elimination and compensation, quarantine the disinfected animal, public
awareness campaign and lastly employee advisory and safety advisory for the farmers.