MANAGEMENT OF THE BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS DIAGNOSTIC IN ROMANIAN FARMS, IN THE LIGHT OF THE MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS EMERGENCE
FLORICA BĂRBUCEANU 1,2#, DANIELA STAMATE 1,2*, STELIAN BĂRĂITĂREANU 2#, MARIA IONESCU 1, GABRIEL PREDOI 2
1Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health, 63 Dr. Staicovici D. Nicolae Street, 050557, Bucharest, Romania
2University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 105 Splaiul Independentei, 050097, Bucharest, Romania
*corresponding author: stamate.daniela@idah.ro
#Authors with equal contribution.

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Abstract:
Tuberculosis (TB) is still a public health concern in numerous countries. Livestock can plays an important role in the global control of TB and, consequently, the prevention of tuberculosis in farm animals is an important goal. This study shows the relevance of the diagnostic of the infections produced by Mycobacterium spp. in Romanian slaughtered cattle and consider the opportunity of antimycobacterial susceptibility testing in a veterinary laboratory. Phenotyping and genotyping of the Mycobacterium isolates between 2015 and 2016, revealed 567 strains of M. tuberculosis var. caprae and 22 strains of M. tuberculosis var. bovis. These data support the risk of TB emergence in cattle herds and the human population with M. tuberculosis var. caprae.

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