A wide ranging study on the current state of play of Johne’s disease control globally has been recently published showing that the world is moving quickly to address Johne’s disease in farmed ruminants and dairy derived foodstuffs. Formal control programs are underway in 22 mostly developed countries, and are justified most commonly on animal health grounds, protecting market access and public health.
Interestingly, in this study, NZ is wrongly accredited with having a Johne’s control scheme (the only JD monitoring carried out in NZ is abattoir surveillance conducted by the deer industry but with no followup actions mandated for suspect Johne’s-like lesions). In fact, NZ has no formal Johne’s control programme.
Read the full article here. Our own Prof. Frank was a contributing author to this publication.
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DRL is an industry leader in diagnostic services for Johne’s disease in New Zealand, and the inhouse Johne’s diagnostic tool, the Paralisa™ test, has proven its strength in combination with commercially available ELISA tests. Increasing test sensitivity allows farmers to identify animals in the earlier states of disesase (subclinical), and …[Read more]
Our faecal PCR test hallmark of quality. Every year, the DRL laboratory participates in blinded proficiency panel testing for Johne’s disease, administered through the US National Veterinary Services Laboratory, Ames, Iowa as part of an ongoing international accreditation programme for diagnostic laboratories. These proficiency panels include serum, milk and faecal …[Read more]
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