Panama now bovine TB free
FOLLOWING three years of study, research and control Panama has been declared free of bovine tuberculosis.
The announcement came Monday, March 28, from , Bredio Velasquez, National Director of Animal Health, Ministry ofAgricultural Development (MIDA).
The process in eradicating this disease was achieved through the implementation of a diagnostic technology known as gammainterferon to detect and eradicate the disease in a short time, Goodridge said Amador Goodridge of the Institute for Scientific Research and High Technology Services.
Bovine tuberculosis is a contagious chronic disease caused by bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium, which affects cattle. Humans can also become infected.
