Peter Orpin

MHH and Action Johne's Technical Group chair

Figure 1. When planning to control bovine tuberculosis and paratuberculosis it is important to detect infected animals, rather than just diseased animals, and manage both appropriately.
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Control of bovine tuberculosis and Johne's disease in cattle

Does OTF status mean that a herd is actually free of endemic M. bovis infection or is the skin test failing to identify infected animals, particularly in herds that have recently regained OTF status?...