Paratuberculosis : organism, disease, control /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2010.
• Subjects: Paratuberculosis.; Veterinary Economics, (New March 2000); Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Host Resistance and Immunity.; Other Control Measures.; Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000); Animal Immunology, (New March 2000); Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000); Diagnosis of Animal Diseases, (New March 2000); Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000); Pathogens, Parasites and Infectious Diseases (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Genetics and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Camelidae.; Cattle.; Deer.; Goats.; Man.; Mycobacterium avium complex.; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis.; Ruminants.; Sheep.; Aetiology.; Animal models.; Bacterial antigens.; Cell culture.; Control programmes.; Costs.; Diagnosis.; Diagnostic techniques.; Disease control.; Disease prevalence.; Disease prevention.; Disease resistance.; Disease surveys.; Economics.; Epidemiological surveys.; Epidemiology.; Genetic analysis.; Genetics.; Geographical distribution.; Human diseases.; Immunodiagnosis.; Immunology.; Laboratory animals.; Mycobacterial diseases.; Polymerase chain reaction.; Proteomes.; Strain differences.; Survival.; Vaccination.; Vaccine development.; Vaccines.; Wild animals.; Zoonoses.; Electronic books.
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 This book discusses the history, prevalence, economic costs, disease control, diagnosis, vaccine development, aetiological agent, and control programmes of paratuberculosis in ruminants. Topics discussed are: history of paratuberculosis; prevalence and economics of infection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in animal-derived foods and environment; paratuberculosis and Crohn's disease; genetics of host susceptibility to paratuberculosis; Mycobacterium avium complex; Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis genome, molecular genetics, proteome and antigens; host-pathogen interactions and intracellular survival of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; comparative differences between the strains of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; antibacterial agents against paratuberculosis; paratuberculosis in cattle, sheep, goats, deer, camelids, other ruminants and non-ruminant wildlife; experimental ruminant and small animal models of paratuberculosis; immunology of paratuberculosis infection and disease; cultivation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; diagnosis of paratuberculosis by PCR; immune-based diagnosis of paratuberculosis; strain characterization of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; paratuberculosis control measures in Europe, USA and Australia; ruminant aspects of paratuberculosis vaccination; and development of new paratuberculosis vaccines. This book is intended for epidemiologists, veterinarians, farm owners and managers, wildlife practitioners, geneticists and students.