Effective control of Johne’s disease in large Czech dairy herds

Fichtelová Věra; Králová Alena; Babák Vladimír; Kovařčík Kamil

Effective control of Johne’s disease in large Czech dairy herds

2022

Fichtelová Věra | Králová Alena | Babák Vladimír | Kovařčík Kamil

Johne’s disease, caused by infection with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), causes economic losses in dairy herds due to reduced milk production and premature culling. A test-and-cull strategy coupled with changes in calf rearing management preventing new infections has been introduced into infected herds to control MAP prevalence. This study appraised the effectiveness of these practice changes.

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