DETECTION OF RE-EMERGING BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS CASES IN INDONESIA

Rahmat Setya Adji^*, Harimurti Nuradji, Bambang Ngaji Utomo

Research Center for Veterinary Science, Jl. RE Martadinata 30, Bogor, Indonesia

* correspondence author: rs.adji1026@gmail.com

Bovine tuberculosis is a chronic bacterial disease of cattle  that affects other species of mammals. This disease is caused Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) and is a zoonosis that  can be transmitted to humans either by aerosol (inhalation) or by oral through unpasteurized milk. M. bovis isolation and identification was last reported in 1989 from the case of tuberculsosi in cattle  in Pasar Minggu, DKI Jakarta. This study aims to determine cases of bovine tuberculosis in Indonesia. Detection of this disease is carried out by culture and polymerase chain reaction  using a nasal swabs and organ  from  suspected of tuberculosis in dairy and beef cattle. Sixty five samples are obtained from dairy and beef cattle farm. Test  results showed that tuberculosis cases in cattle in Indonesia were caused M. tuberculosis (4 cases) and M. bovis (6 cases). The above results indicate that re-emerging of bovine tuberculosis occurs in Indonesia, which can be isolated by M. bovis from organ samples of dairy cattle. Control and eradication of bovine tuberculosis in Indonesia must be done well.

Keywords: bovine tuberculosis,M. bovis, detection,culture,polymerase chain reaction