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Keeping on top of biosecurity to prevent Johne’s disease
Johne’s disease is a bacterial disease that can devastate herds, as there is no cure currently available for the disease. Johne’s is caused by paratuberculosis, a subspecies of Mycobacterium avium, which is related to the infectious organism that causes tuberculosis (TB). The disease causes chronic diarrhoea, weight loss, infertility, and considering that there is little chance […] The post Keeping on top of biosecurity to prevent Johne’s disease appeared first on...