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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
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DOI: 10.1007/s11010-023-04676-5
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Bovine tuberculosis; Breath; Feces; Skin; GC-MS; Volatile biomarkers
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This study analyzed the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted through breath, feces, and skin of cows diagnosed with Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) and identified potential VOC biomarkers for bTB screening. Gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry revealed 80 breath VOCs, 200 feces VOCs, and 80 skin VOCs. Statistical analysis identified 3 tentative breath VOC biomarkers, 9 tentative feces VOC biomarkers, and 3 tentative skin VOC biomarkers for bTB. The possible pathways of these volatile biomarkers are discussed.
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease with significant impact on animal health, public health and international trade. Standard bTB screening in live cattle consists in injecting tuberculin and measuring the swelling at the place of injection few days later. This procedure is expensive, time-consuming, logistically challenging, and is not conclusive before performing confirmatory tests and additional analysis. The analysis of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by non-invasive biological samples can provide an alternative diagnostic approach suitable for bTB screening. In the present study, we analyzed VOC samples emitted through the breath, feces and skin of 18 cows diagnosed with bTB from three farms from Romania, as well as of 27 negative cows for bTB from the same farms. Analytical studies employing gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry revealed 80 VOCs emitted through the breath, 200 VOCs released by feces, and 80 VOCs emitted through the skin. Statistical analysis of these compounds allowed the identification of 3 tentative breath VOC biomarkers (acetone; 4-methyldecane; D-limonene), 9 tentative feces VOC biomarkers (toluene; [(1,1-dimethylethyl)thio]acetic acid; alpha-thujene; camphene; phenol; o-cymene; 3-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-3-pentanol; 2,5-dimethylhexane-2,5-dihydroperoxide; 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol), and 3 tentative skin VOC biomarkers (ammonia; 1-methoxy-2-propanol; toluene). The possible pathway of these volatile biomarkers is discussed.
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