| Title: [The prevalence of paratuberculosis in the Plateau de Diesse region]
| | Title Abreviation: Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd
| Date of Pub: 1995
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| Author: Meylan M; Nicolet J; Busato A; Burnens A; Martig J;
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| Issue/Part/Supplement: 1
| Volume Issue: 137
| Pagination: 22-5
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| MESH Headings: Animal; Antibodies, Bacterial (BL); Cattle; Cattle Diseases (*EP); English Abstract; Female; Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (IM); Paratuberculosis (*EP); Prevalence; Seroepidemiologic Methods; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Switzerland (EP); -RN-;
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| Journal Title Code:
UE5
| Publication Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
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| Date of Entry: 950515N | Entry Month: 9507
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| Country: SWITZERLAND
| Index Priority: 3
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| Language: Fre
| Unique Identifier: 95232459
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| Unique Identifier: 95232459
| ISSN: 0036-7281
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| Abstract: We analysed 595 cows in 20 herds for serological evidence of paratuberculosis with an ELISA procedure for which we had recently determined a sensitivity of 50% and a specificity of 98%, and we obtained an overall calculated real prevalence of 5.99%. In two herds with clinical cases of paratuberculosis, the calculated true prevalence of seroreactors was 21.47%. In 9 herds with clinical suspicion of Johne's disease, the rate was 4.23%, 9 herds without any clinical suspicion showed a mean prevalence of 0%. Whereas the trend was clear for groups of herds, the observed prevalence in individual herds varied from 0% to 17.9%, without obvious association with manifest clinical problems of paratuberculosis.
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| Abstract By: Author
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| Address: Clinique des Animaux de rente et des Chevaux.
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| Transliterated/Vernacular Title: Etude de prévalence de la paratuberculose dans la région du Plateau de Diesse.
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