Abstract
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From a preliminary pathogenicity trial involving five lechwe antelope and six cattle it appeared that theMycobacterium tuberculosis strain isolated from lechwe antelope was identical to that recovered from local cattle.
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All the test lechwe and cattle died of acute tuberculosis; the symptoms and lesions being similar, irrespective whether they had been injected with the cattle isolate or the lechwe isolate.
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The lechwe population, from which the strain was isolated, is suffering from tuberculosis of bovine type.
Résumé
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Il ressort de tests préliminaires de pouvoir pathogène effectués sur cinq lèches et six bovins que la souche deMycobacterium tuberculosis isolée d'un lèche est identique à celle que l'on trouve chez le bétail local.
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Tous les animaux, bovins et antilopes, sont morts de tuberculose aiguë; les symptômes et les lésions étaient semblables, sans différence aucune en fonction de l'origine de la souche inoculée, qu'elle soit de bovin ou d'antilope.
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La population des lèches, à partir de laquelle la souche fut isolée, est infectée d'une tuberculose de type bovin.
Sumario
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De este intento preliminar de patogenicidad con cinco antilopes lechwe y cinco bovinos, parecería que le cepa deMycobacterium tuberculosis aislada de antilopes lechwe fuese idéntica a aquella recuperada de ganado local.
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Todos los antílopes y los bovinos en prueba murieron de tuberculosis aguda; los síntomas y lesiones fueron similares, tanto con la cepa bovina como con la cepa lechwe.
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La población lechwe de donde se aisló la cepa, está infectada con tuberculosis de tipo bovino.
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Macadam, I., Gallagher, J. & McKay, J. Experimental tuberculosis in lechwe antelope in Zambia. Trop Anim Health Prod 6, 107–109 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02380548
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