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Can be transmitted through saliva and other discharges of infected animals.

Young animals and humans can contract the disease by drinking raw milk from infected dams.

Can be transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa.

Can be transmitted to hogs, cattle, and dogs.Bovine TB can infect all warmblooded vertebrates.No other organism has as great a host range as bovine TB.Bovine TB can be transmitted from livestock to humans, deer and other animals.Can remain viable for extended periods of time in cold weather.Can be killed by a weak solution of common household bleach.Multiply approximately once every 20 hours.Mycobacteria do not grow outside of a host except in cultured media.these factors contribute to the slow growth rate.inhibits the uptake of nutrients into the bacterial cell.Cell walls contain a lot of waxy material (mycolic acid).Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease of both animals and humans.Bovine TB in Michigan is an economic issue!! Until the disease is eradicated from Michigan livestock, other states will continue to impose restrictions on the sale and movement of Michigan livestock.Bovine tuberculosis is a human health issue in many foreign countries where the milk is not pasteurized and there are high rates of human infection.

E N D - Presentation Transcriptīovine Tuberculosis Compiled by Sara Moyer, MSU Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR)

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