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Bio-presence of Mycobacterium
avium subspecies
paratuberculosis infection in Indian livestock farms |
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Shoor Vir Singh*, Naveen Kumar, Kundan Kumar Chaubey, Saurabh Gupta and
Krishna Dutta Rawat
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Microbiology Lab, Animal Health Division, Central Institute for Research
on Goats (CIRG), Makhdoom, PO-Farah, Mathura- 281122, Uttar Pradesh,
India
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Abstract |
In the present study, a total of 1750 faecal and 2057 serum samples,
collected from 20 livestock (cattle, goat, sheep) farms located in nine
districts of eight states in India were screened for the bio-presence of
Mycobacterium avium
subspecies paratuberculosis
(MAP) using faecal microscopy and indigenous ELISA technique. The
results showed that 25.0 and 29.0% of the faecal and serum samples
respectively were positive for MAP infection respectively. The study
indicated that higher bio-presence of MAP in domestic livestock farms in India may be directly correlated
with low per animal productivity of the native livestock breeds.
Bio-presence was highest in cattle followed by sheep and goat.
Furthermore, this study showed that microscopy was better screening
method as compared to ELISA in goat herds endemic for Johne’s disease
(JD) and ELISA for the screening of cattle herds. There is an immediate
need to initiate long term control programs to prevent losses in
livestock production and also to prevent transmission of MAP to human
population through food chain.
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Keywords:
Bio-presence; Mycobacterium avium
subspecies paratuberculosis;
Johne’s disease; Livestock farms; ELISA; microscopy |
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To cite this article:
Singh SV, N Kumar, KK Chaubey, S Gupta
and KD Rawat,
2013.
Bio-presence of Mycobacterium
avium subspecies
paratuberculosis infection in Indian livestock farms.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 3(11), 401-106. |
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