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Incidence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in bulk‐tank milk samples from different regions in Switzerland
Author(s) -
Stephan R.,
Bühler K.,
Corti S.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.150.7.214
Subject(s) - hygiene , veterinary medicine , mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis , medicine , incidence (geometry) , university hospital , food hygiene , food safety , family medicine , paratuberculosis , mycobacterium , pathology , tuberculosis , physics , optics
many animals, including primates, and is considered to be implicated in Crohn's disease in human beings (HermonTaylor and others 2000). Crohn's disease is a chronic granulomatous ileocolitis of humans, with significant similarity to paratuberculosis. High herd prevalences of NMAP have been found in dairy cattle in particular (Thorne and Hardin 1997). A recent USDA survey indicated that 41 per cent of dairy herds