An Environmental Perspective to Decision-making for the Control of Johne's Disease on Beef Ranches

Biosecurity practices for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Mptb), the etiologic agent for Johne's disease (JD), are predicated on the fact that fecal-oral is the major route of infection and that Mptb is present in the environment of affected farms. The objectives of these studies w...

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Main Author: Benjamin, Lisa A.
Other Authors: Fosgate, Geoffrey T.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-08-7202