Interference of bovine Fasciola hepatica on the tuberculin intradermal test reaction

Authors

  • A. Belloi Veterinary Pathology and Medicine Department, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
  • M. Agosti Veterinary Pathology and Medicine Department, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
  • D. Proverbio Veterinary Pathology and Medicine Department, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
  • F. Avezza Veterinary Pathology and Medicine Department, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1995no29p141-142

Keywords:

antigens, cross reaction, diagnostic techniques, false positive results, fascioliasis, helminthoses, helminths, infections, parasites, parasitoses, skin tests, snail-borne diseases, trematode infections

Abstract

Based on observations in a 231-head cattle herd, the authors suggest that Fasciola hepatica infection may interfere with tuberculin skin test by producing false positive reactions. The authors suggest that this could be due to saprophytic mycobacteria carried by the parasite.

Cover image of the 29th Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: a photo of the San Antonio Riverwalk as seen from a riverside restaurant. Tables of patrons converse and watch a docking riverboat filled with passengers.

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Published

1995-09-01

Issue

No. 29 (1995 September)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Interference of bovine Fasciola hepatica on the tuberculin intradermal test reaction. (1995). The Bovine Practitioner, 1995(29), 141-142. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1995no29p141-142