Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in dairy cattle in China during 2010-2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Qing-Long Gong, Yu Chen, Tian Tian, Xiaobo Wen, Dong Li, Yu-Hao Song, Qi Wang, Rui Du, Xiao-Xuan Zhang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Fang
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009502; https://doaj.org/article/a8da87ab406a41d88e06b8482788f6b9

Background Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria, mainly Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), is a major threat to public health and economic development. There has been no systematic epidemiological assessment concerning bTB in dairy cattle in Ch...