The bovine tuberculosis sets up in Normandy. The regional daily West France reports the gradual establishment of this animal disease in the departments of Orne and Calvados: five new outbreaks in Calvados and one in Orne were recorded. These new cases have led to the preventive slaughter of the herds. An animal testing campaign has started and will end in April. In all, 51,000 animals from 850 farms located in Calvados and 50,000 from 700 farms in Orne will be tested to detect possible cases. The department of Manche will also be the subject of prophylaxis (test on animals) with the planned screening of 35,000 animals belonging to 425 farms, specifies Ouest-France.
A zoonosis not completely eradicated
Bovine tuberculosis is an animal disease transmissible to humans (zoonosis) caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) is reminiscent ofHandles (national agency for food safety, environment, work) on its site. This bacterium can infect many species of ruminants, both domestic and wild, mainly cattle and deer. It is often transmitted by the respiratory route.
Although France has been considered “officially free from bovine tuberculosis” by the European Union since 2001, the disease has not been completely eradicated and around a hundred tuberculosis outbreaks persist in France. In 2017, 95 outbreaks of bovine tuberculosis were declared in cattle farms, according to the The Minister of Agriculture. New Aquitaine concentrated 80% of these homes.
In France, only 2% of cases of human tuberculosis originate from animal tuberculosis, says Ouest-France.
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