Genome-wide association analysis for susceptibility to infection by Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis in US Holsteins

ABSTRACT: Paratuberculosis, or Johne's disease, is a chronic, granulomatous, gastrointestinal tract disease of cattle and other ruminants caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP). Control of Johne's disease is based on programs of testing and culling an...

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Main Authors: B.W. Kirkpatrick, M.E. Cooke, M. Frie, K.R.B. Sporer, B. Lett, S.J. Wells, P.M. Coussens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-05-01
Series:Journal of Dairy Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030222001709