Control and prevention

PREVENTION AND CONTROL
  • Animals with clinical signs suggestive of paratuberculosis should be isolated, because they shed large number of bacteria, which can contaminate buildings and pasture.
  • Detection and elimination of subclinically infected animals is effective. Inactivated adjuvanated vaccines are available.
  • A live vaccine consisting of nonpathogenic strain of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is inoculated subcutaneously into calves soon after birth and before 4 weeks of age.
  • It reduces the incidence of Johne’s disease in the herd.
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