- Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
- Volume:34 Issue:1
- A case study of the clinical form of Johne’s disease in a heifer
A case study of the clinical form of Johne’s disease in a heifer
Authors : Agnieszka WISZNIEWSKALASZCZYCH, Joanna SZTEYN, Aleksandra RUSZCZYNSKA
Pages : 95-99
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Publication Date : 0000-00-00
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Johne`s disease-paratuberculosis-affects domesticated and wild ruminants throughout the world. The first symptoms of the disease appear 6 months to 15 years after infection. The clinical stage of paratuberculosis usually occurs in older animals and is rare in those under 2 years of age. While performing analyses on a farm in the northeastern region of Poland a 2-year-old heifer that manifested symptoms of dyspepsia, proceeding with watery diarrhea, was observed. ELISA test insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IDEXX); results demonstrated a positive serological reaction for paratuberculosis. Clinical examination, microbiological analysis of feces, autopsy, and histopathological examination confirmed the incidence of Johne`s disease in the heifer.Keywords : Key words Paratuberculosis, clinical stage, diagnosis, symptoms, Poland