| [tuberculosis in cattle - surprisingly re-emerging or continuously present?]. | tuberculosis in cattle, caused by mycobacterium (m.) bovis/m. caprae, is globally one of the most important zoonotic diseases in cattle. it was widespread in germany until the second half of the 20th century. due to the effective control and eradication campaigns in germany, the epidemic was almost eradicated. consequently, germany was regarded as essentially tuberculosis free since the end of 1961 (west) and the end of 1978 (east). by declaring the unified germany "officially free of tuberculos ... | 2014 | 25119480 |