BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF ITS ERADICATION IN POLAND BETWEEN 1882 AND 1975

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic pulmonary disease caused by different representatives of Mycobacterium. The fight against bovine TB has been implemented within the framework of the 'One Health’ concept. ‘One Health’ is based on cooperation between broad medical professions, including medicine an...

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Main Author: Jarosław Sobolewski
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Published: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń 2021-12-01
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Online Access:https://trvs-journal.com/2022/07/20/bovine-tuberculosis-in-the-historical-aspect-of-its-eradication-in-poland-between-1882-and-1975/
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description Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic pulmonary disease caused by different representatives of Mycobacterium. The fight against bovine TB has been implemented within the framework of the 'One Health’ concept. ‘One Health’ is based on cooperation between broad medical professions, including medicine and veterinary medicine to prevent prevalence of zoonotic diseases. Analysing the development of these disciplines throughout history, we can say that they common origin. Up to the second half of the 18th century, it was often the same people treating both humans and animals. Veterinary medicine diverged from medicine in the second half of the 18th century, after the first veterinary schools were established. However, it occurred that some diseases affecting humans and animals required close cooperation between medicine and veterinary medicine. At first, the link between human and cattle TB has not been made. Due to the chronic nature of TB, it usually took quite long between contact with the sick animal or its products and the onset of the disease. But, after Robert Koch attributed the origin of the disease to mycobacteria, the progress has been made in identification of the pathogenicity of human and bovine TB. Effective measures of limiting spread of TB had to combine treatment of infected people with eliminating the reservoirs of the germ, which were and are animals. Due to coordinated efforts within ‘One Health’, about a hundred years later, many countries were announced as TB-free.
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spelling doaj.art-6bbba85b578d4c6cbc55ba4dd7ef07cd2022-12-22T03:48:50ZengNicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńTranslational Research in Veterinary Science2657-44892021-12-0141-2333710.5281/zenodo.6870084BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF ITS ERADICATION IN POLAND BETWEEN 1882 AND 1975Jarosław Sobolewski0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0044-6956Department of Public Health Protection and Animal Welfare, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, ul. Lwowska 1, 87-100 ToruńTuberculosis (TB) is a chronic pulmonary disease caused by different representatives of Mycobacterium. The fight against bovine TB has been implemented within the framework of the 'One Health’ concept. ‘One Health’ is based on cooperation between broad medical professions, including medicine and veterinary medicine to prevent prevalence of zoonotic diseases. Analysing the development of these disciplines throughout history, we can say that they common origin. Up to the second half of the 18th century, it was often the same people treating both humans and animals. Veterinary medicine diverged from medicine in the second half of the 18th century, after the first veterinary schools were established. However, it occurred that some diseases affecting humans and animals required close cooperation between medicine and veterinary medicine. At first, the link between human and cattle TB has not been made. Due to the chronic nature of TB, it usually took quite long between contact with the sick animal or its products and the onset of the disease. But, after Robert Koch attributed the origin of the disease to mycobacteria, the progress has been made in identification of the pathogenicity of human and bovine TB. Effective measures of limiting spread of TB had to combine treatment of infected people with eliminating the reservoirs of the germ, which were and are animals. Due to coordinated efforts within ‘One Health’, about a hundred years later, many countries were announced as TB-free.https://trvs-journal.com/2022/07/20/bovine-tuberculosis-in-the-historical-aspect-of-its-eradication-in-poland-between-1882-and-1975/veterinary historyhistory of medicinetuberculosisbovine tuberculosisrobert koch
spellingShingle Jarosław Sobolewski
BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF ITS ERADICATION IN POLAND BETWEEN 1882 AND 1975
Translational Research in Veterinary Science
veterinary history
history of medicine
tuberculosis
bovine tuberculosis
robert koch
title BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF ITS ERADICATION IN POLAND BETWEEN 1882 AND 1975
title_full BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF ITS ERADICATION IN POLAND BETWEEN 1882 AND 1975
title_fullStr BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF ITS ERADICATION IN POLAND BETWEEN 1882 AND 1975
title_full_unstemmed BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF ITS ERADICATION IN POLAND BETWEEN 1882 AND 1975
title_short BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF ITS ERADICATION IN POLAND BETWEEN 1882 AND 1975
title_sort bovine tuberculosis in the historical aspect of its eradication in poland between 1882 and 1975
topic veterinary history
history of medicine
tuberculosis
bovine tuberculosis
robert koch
url https://trvs-journal.com/2022/07/20/bovine-tuberculosis-in-the-historical-aspect-of-its-eradication-in-poland-between-1882-and-1975/
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