Evaluation of the voluntary Johne's disease herd status program as a source of replacement cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3466-3470

  Kovich, D A ^a   Wells, S J ^a   Friendshuh, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Minnesota Board of Animal Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Johne's disease; Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis; Paratuberculosis; Voluntary Johne's Disease Herd Status Program

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 33748111264     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72384-0     Document Type: Article

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