Global prevalence and economics of infection with mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in ruminants

Paratuberculosis: Organism, Disease, Control

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 10-21

  Barkema, Herman W ^a   Hesselink, Jan Willem ^b   McKenna, Shawn L B ^c   Benedictus, Geart ^d   Groenendaal, Huybert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d Benedictus Consulting   (Netherlands)

^e Vose Consulting US LLC   (United States)

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