
doi: 10.1136/vr.k3496
pmid: 30120183
I write in response to the letter from Catriona Ritchie ( VR , 28 July 2018, vol 183, p 134) regarding the use of blood sampling to augment Johne’s disease control programmes in dairy herds. A significant diagnostic problem with mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis , and other mycobacterial infections, is that both detectable immunological responses and organisms can be intermittent and are generally not constant. Recent work has clearly demonstrated that the ELISA antibody response is triggered by an initial period of shedding with the antibody …
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, Paratuberculosis, Animals, Cattle Diseases
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, Paratuberculosis, Animals, Cattle Diseases
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