Paratuberculosis, a chronic disease affecting ruminant livestock, is caused by
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). It has direct and indirect economic …

Neospora caninum is a protozoan parasite of animals. Until 1988, it was misidentified as
Toxoplasma gondii. Since its first recognition in dogs in 1984 and the description of the new …

Key features: Written by the scientist who named this parasite and was the first to set up
proper diagnostic techniques Serves as the first ever book to provide information on the …

Paratuberculosis (also called Johne's disease) is a chronic disease caused by
Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP) that affects ruminants and other animals …

We describe here the complete genome sequence of a common clone of Mycobacterium
avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map) strain K-10, the causative agent of Johne's …

A specific concept of strain was developed in order to classify the BTV serotypes ever
reported in Europe based on their properties of animal health impact: the genotype …

Enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) is an economically important disease of dairy cattle caused
by bovine leukemia virus (BLV). The economic impacts of the infection have been debated …

In the last decades, many regional and country‐wide control programmes for Johne's
disease (JD) were developed due to associated economic losses, or because of a possible …

Part I of this 2-part review examined the clinical stages, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and
epidemiology of Johne's disease, providing information relevant to Canada, where …

The “Great Contraction”, a term used by Flores (1996) to describe the destruction of bison in
North America, has been chronicled by numerous authors (Dary 1974; Isenberg 2000; …