Here, we review what is known about the microorganisms present in raw milk, including milk
from cows, sheep, goats and humans. Milk, due to its high nutritional content, can support a …

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of unknown cause, affecting
approximately 1.4 million North American people. Due to the similarities between Crohn's …

Background The advent and use of highly sensitive molecular biology techniques to explore
the microbiota and microbiome in environmental and tissue samples have detected the …

Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) is a widespread and costly disease. This consensus
statement will summarize recommendations regarding diagnosis, control, and treatment of …

Paratuberculosis is a chronic insidious, often serious, disease of the global small ruminant
industries, mainly causing losses from mortalities and reduced productivity on-farm …

The demand for rapid methods for the quantification of pathogens is increasing. Among
these methods, those based on nucleic acids amplification (quantitative PCRs) are the most …

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) fed soybean meal (SBM) are known to develop SBM-
induced enteritis with atrophy of intestinal folds and inflammation in the lamina propria. In …

Bovine paratuberculosis is a disease characterized by chronic granulomatous enteritis
causing protein-losing enteropathy. Adverse effects on animal productivity are key drivers in …

Mycobacterial evolution involves various processes, such as genome reduction, gene
cooption, and critical gene acquisition. Our comparative genome size analysis of 44 …

Molecular tests such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are increasingly being applied for
the diagnosis of Johne's disease, a chronic intestinal infection of ruminants caused by …