SOMMAIRE : 1 Introduction 2 Public Health Significance of M. Bovis 3 Human TB due to M. bovis in Latin America and the Carribean 4 Pathogenesis 5 Epidemiology 6 Diagnosis Tests for Bovine Tuberculosis 7 Molecular Techniques: Applications in Epidemiologic Studies 8 PCR Detection of M. Tuberculosis Complex in Formalin Fixed Tissues 9 Economics of Bovine Tuberculosis 10 A Tuberculosis Outbreak in Farmed Deer in Sweden and its Economic Consequences 11 Benefit and Cost Assessment of the U. S. Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Program 12 The Fall and Rise of Bovine Tuberculosis in Great Britain 13 Economic Significance of Bovine Tuberculosis in Italy and Impact of Mycobacterium Bovis Infection in Wild Swine 14 The Impact of Wildlife Reservoirs on M. bovis on Programs for the Eradication of Tuberculosis in Cattle in Ireland 15 Control and Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis in Central Europe 16 Bovine Tuberculosis in Latin American and the Carribean 17 The Status of Mycobacterium Bovis in India 18 Bovine Tuberculosis in Russia and the Former States of the Soviet Union 19 Mycobacterium Bovis in Africa 20 Current Challenges and Impacts to the U.S. National Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Program 21 Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Wildlife on a National Eradication Program (Canada) 22 The Bovine Tuerculosis Program in South Africa 23 Bovine Tuberculosis in China 24 Mycobacterium Bovis infections in Cattles in Germany 25 Tuberculosis in Captive Wild Animals 26 Tuberculosis in Fur Seals and Sea Lions Caused by Mycobacterium pinnipedii 27 Tuberculosis in Non-human Primates 28 DNA Vaccines Against Tuberculosis 29 Bovine Tuberculosis: Environmental Public Health Preparedness Considerations for the Future Index