|
KMID : 1023520070300030407
|
|
Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
2007 Volume.30 No. 3 p.407 ~ p.414
|
|
|
Bovine tuberculosis found at slaughtered Korean indigenous cattles
|
|
Byun Hyeon-Seop
Lee Hyun-Ju
Han Seong-Tae
Kwak Hak-Koo
Choi Hae-Yeon
Cho Yun-Sang
Ahn Byeong-Woo
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
There were eight Korean indigenous cattles affected with bovine tuberculosis (BTB) detected by inspectors at slaughterhouses located in Chungbuk province from May 2006 through July 2007. Postmortem finding of BTB cases was characterized by the presence of several caseous or calcified nodules encapsulated by connective tissue from the pleural/peritoneal surface, livers, lungs and regional lymph nodes On micro-scopic examinations, the characteristic lesion of BTB was the formation granulomatous nodules, which contains central calcified necrotic zone surrounded by epithelioid cells, macrophages and a few Langhans’ type giant cells. In addition, mononuclear cells and fibroblasts were also infiltrated. At the periphery, encapsulation was formed that protect the neighboring healthy tissues.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Bovine tuberculosis, Korean indigenous cattle, Postmortem/histopathological findings
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|