Mycobacterium bovis

Mycobacterium bovis is an aerobic bacterium that can cause tuberculosis in cattle and humans.¹ A publication by Scallan et al.² in 2011 estimated that 60 human foodborne Mycobacterium bovis cases, including 3 deaths, occur annually in the US.

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne Mycobacterium bovis in the US and Canada include:

National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, , USA

National Veterinary Services Laboratory, APHIS, USDA, USA

Wildlife Disease Laboratory, Department of Natural Resources, Michigan, USA

Schlesinger Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, USA

Salmon Laboratory, Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, USA

Zhou Xing Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, Immunology Research Center, McMaster University, Canada

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne Mycobacterium bovis in Europe include:

TB Research Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, United Kingdom

The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Wildlife and Emerging Diseases Team, The Food and Environment Research Agency, United Kingdom

National and OIE/FAO Bovine Tuberculosis Reference Laboratories, Bacterial Zoonoses Unit – Animal Diseases and Zoonoses Research Laboratory, French Food Safety Agency, France

Research Unit in Epidemiology and Risk Analysis applied to Veterinary Sciences, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, University of Liège, Belgium

National Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands

IREC National Wildlife Research Institute, Spain

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne Mycobacterium bovis in South and Latin America include:

Tuberculosis Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine, Caracas, Venezuela

Perez Laboratory, Department of Immunology, The National School of Biological Sciences, Mexico

Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne Mycobacterium bovis in Asia, Australia and other areas include:

Jin-Ding Chen Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Katoch Laboratory, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases (ICMR), India

Mustafa Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Kuwait University, Kuwait

AgResearch, National Center for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, New Zealand

Additional resources on Mycobacterium bovis:
A number of key sources on Mycobacterium bovis and tuberculosis are available. 

Book: Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Animals and Humans, 2nd Edition

Website: Mycobacterium bovis (Bovine Tuberculosis) in Humans, CDC, USA

             Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, NYC, USA               

 References
¹http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_bovis
²Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15  PMID:21192848