Johne's disease

Problems of diagnosis & control

Authors

  • Gene Parker College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no23p181-182

Keywords:

Bacterial diseases, Case reports, cattle diseases, Diagnosis, Disease control

Abstract

Johnes disease is a specific infectious enteritis of cattle, sheep, and goats. It is characterized by progressive emaciation, chronic diarrhea, and a thickened and corrugated wall of the intestines. Johnes disease is caused by the organism Mycobacterium paratuberculosis. It is strongly acid fast and also gram positive. Synonyms for the condition are bovine paratuberculosis or chronic bacterial enteritis.

Author Biography

  • Gene Parker, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078

    Class of 1988

Cover image of the 23rd Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: a view of Stampede Park in downtown Calgary framed by one curving wing of the Scotiabank Saddledome.

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Published

1988-11-01

Issue

No. 23 (1988 November)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Johne’s disease: Problems of diagnosis & control. (1988). The Bovine Practitioner, 23, 181-182. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no23p181-182