Title
Seroprevalence of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in dairy cattle in the Lima valley
Other title
Seroprevalencia del mycobacterium paratuberculosis en bovinos lecheros del valle de lima
Date Issued
01 January 1999
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Alfredo Benito Q.
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
This study reports the seroprevalence of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, the causative agent ofJohne's disease, in Peruvian dairy herds. ELISA tests (HerdCheck, IDEXX, USA) were performed on 346 serum samples collectedfrom 18 herds in the Lima valley during 1997. Antibodies against M. paratuberculosis were found in 13.3% (46/346) of the cows and half(9118) ofthe herds tested. The incidence ofreactors in the infected herds (16.1 % = 46 /286) varied between 2.9 to 46.2%. ELISA optical density values ranged from 0.30 to 0.69 in 78.2% (36/46) and O.7 to>2.0 in 21.7% (10/46) ofthe positive serum samples, confirming the presence of Johne's disease in dairy herds from the Lima valley.
Start page
33
End page
38
Volume
10
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Biología celular, Microbiología
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85047017307
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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