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Prevalence and Molecular Epidemiology of Johne’s Disease in Egyptian Cattle

Acta Tropica • 2019
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Authors Abdelfattah Selim; Abdel-Fattah Ali; Eman Ramadan
Keywords Not Available
Journal Acta Tropica
Publisher elsevier
Volume 185
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Pages Not Available
publication.type International
Paper Link Open Link
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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. The present study investigated the prevalence of Johne`s disease among cattle in some localities in Egypt. The results revealed that the infection was significantly higher in older animals than young animals (P =