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The Internet has for someý days now been flooded with reports that tuberculosis is spreading among cattle šíří tuberkulóza. If you are standing in the shop at the meat counter and on any of the pieces there are visible bubbles, do not buy it. Leave it there and rather reach for another. It is precisely these bubbles that are a sign that the meat is infected with tuberculosis. Eating such meat could also harm you.
What actually is tuberkulóza
Tuberkulóza is a bacterial disease that can spread among wild animals, domestic ones, but also among humans. We are mostly used to finding tuberculosis in poultry when it appears. However, that does not have to be the rule; for example it is now raging among cattle. It is a disease that is very dangerous for animals, but it does not end there. It is also dangerous for people, which is why a large number of people are afraid of it. Tuberkulóza is a disease that spreads quickly šíří and its mortality is high. Infected cows are not treated; they are usually destroyed.
Šíření nemoci mezi zvířaty
Tuberkulóza is an infection that spreads by direct contact. It can appear during feeding of animals, providing water and any care for the animals. In addition, animals can also transmit this disease to each other, especially via milk when nursing young animals, via semen during breeding, or via the umbilical cord in the womb of the animal mother. This disease is very resistant; tuberkulóza is not affected by very low temperatures. Outside living organisms tuberkulóza does not spread, it is transmitted only from living to living. The bacteria remain viable for a long time and it takes a long time before they die outside a living organism.
Infected meat intended for consumption
The bubbles indicating tuberkulózu may not be visible already in the shop. It can happen that you discover the infected meat only at home, because these bubbles may be hidden only inside the meat and you will notice it only after cutting it up. In such a case definitely do not consume the meat, dispose of it and quickly come up with another lunch. Infected meat is dangerous for a healthy person.
