Abstract: Bovine tuberculosis (BT) is a chronic wasting disease primary caused by Mycobacterium bovis that is prevalent throughout the world,particularly in developing countries. This disease not only causes tremendous economic hardship to the livestock industry,but it is also a serious human health threat. Therefore,quarantine the bovine tuberculosis is significance. Bacteriological testing,immunology testing and molecular biology diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis quarantine basis. However,there is an urgent need to study the rapid,sensitive and specific diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis. Serological diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis has been one of the research focus,but many problems still exist. In this paper,the progress of these diagnostic and quarantine methods give a brief introduction.

Key words: bovine tuberculosis; diagnosis; development 