Mohammad Baquir, Afroz R.Khan, Nizam. U. Baloch, Muhammad Anwar, Safiullah and Muhammad Javed Khan
Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is widespread but poorly controlled in Quetta city and M. bovis is posing threats to human health. The aim of the present study deals with the evaluation of Bovine tuberculosis in the milk secretions of cattle and buffaloes. Total hundred milk samples were taken. Sixty (60) were the cattle and forty (40) were the buffaloes. In 60 samples of cattle only one case was positive. Thus, the percentage of bovine tuberculosis was [1]67 % in the cattle of those dairy farms and 98.33 % they were free from the M.bovis while in 40 samples of buffalo no positive case came on front therefore, the percentage for positivity in buffaloes remained 0 %. Hence, the current study reveals that the overall prevalence of Bovine tuberculosis is only 01 % in the selected area.
