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This document summarizes a study on the role of goats in maintaining Mycobacterium bovis in the environment in Egypt. Milk, serum, and fecal samples were collected from 110 adult female goats and tested for the presence of M. bovis, M. caprae, and M. tuberculosis through culturing, PCR, and an immunochromatographic rapid test. M. bovis DNA was detected in 4 fecal samples by PCR. No antibodies against mycobacteria or M. caprae bacilli/DNA were found. This is the first record of caprine tuberculosis caused by

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Frontiers

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EN