Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium caprae in a camel (Camelus dromedarius).
J A Infantes-LorenzoB RomeroA Rodríguez-BertosA RoyJ OrtegaL de JuanI MorenoM DomínguezL DomínguezJavier BezosPublished in: BMC veterinary research (2020)
The present study found M. caprae infection in OWC. This is the first report of M. caprae infection in an OWC not living in a zoo. Since the animal was born in the herd and fed with goat's milk, this practice was suspected to be the potential source of TB infection, which was not confirmed in the other animals present in the herd. Moreover, our results highlight that the intradermal tuberculin test and the P22 ELISA could be valuable tools for the diagnosis of TB in OWC.