Perceptions of veterinarians and producers concerning Johne’s disease prevalence and control in US beef cow-calf operations

BACKGROUND: Efforts to educate producers and veterinarians in the United States regarding the management, prevention and control of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) infection have increased over recent years. While nationwide awareness about MAP infection is improving, current l...

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Published in:BMC veterinary research 2014-01, Vol.10 (1), p.27-27
Main Authors: Bhattarai, Bikash, Fosgate, Geoffrey T, Osterstock, Jason B, Park, Seong C, Roussel, Allen J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Husbandry - economics
Animals
attitudes and opinions
Beef
Cattle
Cattle Diseases - epidemiology
Cattle Diseases - microbiology
Confidence intervals
control methods
cow-calf operations
cows
Data Collection
disease prevalence
education programs
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Epidemiology
Farms
feces
Female
head
herds
Humans
Infection control
Likert scale
Monitoring systems
Mycobacterium avium
paratuberculosis
Paratuberculosis - epidemiology
Paratuberculosis - prevention & control
Perception
Perceptions
polymerase chain reaction
Prevalence
Questionnaires
risk assessment
Studies
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States - epidemiology
Veterinarians
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Summary:BACKGROUND: Efforts to educate producers and veterinarians in the United States regarding the management, prevention and control of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) infection have increased over recent years. While nationwide awareness about MAP infection is improving, current level of awareness among beef producers and veterinarians is largely unknown. This study compares the perceptions of beef producers and veterinarians on the burden of MAP infection in cow-calf herds and on measures to control new infections. Questionnaires were mailed to 989 US beef producers through state Designated Johne’s Coordinators and to 1080 bovine veterinarians belonging to a US nationwide professional association. RESULTS: Twenty-two percent (34/155) of producers reported having infected animals in their herds. The mean (minimum, median, maximum) prevalence reported by producers was 0.8% (0, 0, 10). Twenty-seven percent (27/100) of producers had at least one clinical animal during the previous year. Compared to the small herds (
ISSN:1746-6148
1746-6148
DOI:10.1186/1746-6148-10-27