@article{MAKHILLJAVA20121173335,
    title = {Identification of<I> Mycobacterium tuberculosis </I>Complex by Histopathology and PCR in White-Tailed Deer (<I>Odocoileus virginianus</I>) in Tamaulipas, Mexico},
    journal = {Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances},
    volume = {11},
    number = {7},
    pages = {1036-1040},
    year = {2012},
    issn = {1680-5593},
    doi = {javaa.2012.1036.1040},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1680-5593&doi=javaa.2012.1036.1040},
    author = {H.B.,D.U.,A.,R.,P.,C.,C.C.,J.A. and},
    keywords = {acid,histopathology,PCR,Odocoileus virginianus,Mexico,Tuberculosis},
    abstract = {Bovine tuberculosis is caused by <I>Mycobacterium tuberculosis </I>complex which infects a wide hosts range including humans and therefore it is considered as zoonosis. White-tailed deer (<I>Odocoileus virginianus</I>) is considered as reservoir of bovine tuberculosis, playing an important role on the disease epidemiology. The aim of this study was to determine the presence of <I>M. tuberculosis</I> complex in free-ranging White-Tailed Deer (WTD) in Tamaulipas, Mexico. During the 2009-2010 hunting season, 44 mandibular lymph nodes and tonsils from WTD were collected, processed by routine histopathology, Ziehl Neelsen staining, mycobacterial isolation and PCR. From those, 4.5% had gross changes. Histopathology revealed morphological changes suggestive to tuberculosis such as macrophage aggregation, necrosis, giant cells, mineralization and Bacilli Acid-Alcohol Resistant (BAAR). Abscedative type changes were also observed. The presence of <I>M. tuberculosis</I> complex by amplification of DNA from a tissue sample by PCR was confirmed. To the researchers knowledge this is the first mycobacterial report on WTD in Mexico.}
    }