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Johne's Disease

Description: Johne's Disease is an incurable wasting disease. It is an infectious bacterial disease of livestock that primarily affects the intestinal tract.

Johne's Disease is spread from one animal to another in manure tainted food or water. The microbe can live in manure and/or water for over a year.

Prevalence:

• One in 10 animals moving through livestock auction facilities has Johne's Disease.*
• Eight out of 100 US. Herds estimated to be infected with this devastating disease.*
• 68.1% of U.S. dairy operations are infected with Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP), the bacteria known to cause Johne's Disease.*

Testing Method: The API laboratory uses a USDA approved ELISA (enzymed-linked immunosorbent assay) for the diction of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis-specific antibodies in serum of cattle.

The sensitivity and specificity performance, as well as the suitability for standardization of the ELISA technique, make it a preferred serologic method for antibody screening.

API is a USDA approved Johne's Disease testing laboratory.

*National Institute of Agriculture.

SAMPLE COLLECTION AND SHIPPING

Beef and Dairy Herd Johne's Disease Testing Recommendations (PDF)

Johne's Client Information and Sample Submission Form (PDF)

Johne's Sample Collection and Shipping (PDF)

JOHNE'S DISEASE RESOURCES

Consensus recommendations on diagnostic testing for the detection of paratuberculosis in cattle in the United States. (PDF)

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