Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB)-Isolation and Species-Specific Identification of Mycobacterium bovis from Bovine Raw Milk in Pakistan
Asad Ullah1*, Umar Sadique2, Sultan Ayaz1, Muhammad Subhan Qureshi2 and Farhan Anwar Khan2
1College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan; 2College of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan.
asadullah@awkum.edu.pk
Figure 1
PCR result of bovine milk samples showing specie specific amplicon size of 500bp DNA of Mycobacterium bovis (M.bovis). S1-4 are M. bovisnegative samples and S5-6 are M. bovispositive samples.
Figure 2
Ziehl-Neelsen staining showing acid-fast bacilli from milk samples
Figure 3
Ziehl-Neelsen staining showing acid-fast bacilli from milk samples