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Prevalence and molecular epidemiology of Johne’s disease in Egyptian cattle
Acta Tropica • 2019
Publication Information
Authors
Selim, A., Ali, A., Ramadan, E.
Keywords
Paratuberculosis; ELISA; Feces; Culture; PCR; Phylogenetic analysis
Journal
Acta Tropica
Publisher
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Volume
195
Issue
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Pages
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publication.type
International
Paper Link
Open Link
Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
Johne’s disease is chronic enteric incurable disease in ruminant, is caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp.paratuberculosis (MAP). The data about incidence and economic importance of the disease in Egypt are scare. Thepresent study investigated the prevalence of Johne`s disease among cattle in some localities in Egypt. The resultsrevealed that the infection was significantly higher in older animals than young animals (P=