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. 2012:2012:674085.
doi: 10.1155/2012/674085. Epub 2012 Nov 28.

Estimated prevalence of caprine paratuberculosis in boer goat herds in missouri, USA

Patrick Pithua  1 , Nathaniel S Kollias
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Estimated prevalence of caprine paratuberculosis in boer goat herds in missouri, USA

Patrick Pithua et al. Vet Med Int. 2012.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to estimate true animal-level and herd-level prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) antibodies in Missouri Boer goat herds. Sera harvested from blood samples collected from goats ≥24 months of age in 25 Missouri Boer goat herds were tested for presence of MAP antibodies using a commercial ELISA kit. Herds were declared positive for MAP if one or more goats in the herd tested positive for MAP antibodies. True animal, within-herd, and between-herd prevalences were calculated using the Rogan-Gladen estimator and were 1.4% (95% CI = 0.1 to 3.6%), 3% (95% CI = 0 to 6%), and 54.7% (95% CI = 28.2 to 86.2%), respectively. Findings in this study confirmed that MAP infection is endemic in Missouri Boer goat herds.

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