Changes in management practices and apparent prevalence on Canadian dairy farms participating in a voluntary risk assessment-based Johne's disease control program

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5227-5237

  Sorge, U S ^a   Lissemore, K ^b   Godkin, A ^c   Jansen, J ^c   Hendrick, S ^d   Wells, S ^a   Kelton, D F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cow; Johne's disease; Paratuberculosis; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MILK; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 80053257164     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3869     Document Type: Article

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