Identifying individual animal factors associated with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) milk ELISA positivity in dairy cattle in the Midwest region of the United States

Identifying individual animal factors associated with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) milk ELISA positivity in dairy cattle in the Midwest region of the United States

Abstract Background Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is a widespread chronic disease of ruminants that causes severe economic losses to the dairy cattle industry worldwide. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between individual cow MAP-ELISA and relevant milk...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Machado, Kaushi Kanankege, Val Schumann, Scott Wells, Andres Perez, Julio Alvarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Subjects:
Dairy cattle
Mixed-model
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
Somatic cell count
ELISA
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-018-1354-y

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