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- Title
Detection of Mycobacterium avium subspecies Paratuberculosis (MAP) from goats of Jabalpur Region in India.
- Authors
Jatav, Maneesh; Verma, Yamini; Swamy, Madhu; Dubey, Amita
- Abstract
Paratuberculosis or John's disease (JD) is one of the major economically important diseases of small ruminants worldwide. The disease is caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP). The present study was carried out to detect Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis from goats of the Jabalpur region. The study was conducted for eight months, from July 2017 to February 2018. Goats of either sex, above 6 months of age, belonging to different breeds were selected for this study. Total 230 samples (160 faecal and 70 tissues) were stained by Z-N staining method. The study revealed that 5% fecal and 7.14 % tissue samples were found positive for MAP.
- Subjects
JABALPUR (India); MYCOBACTERIUM avium paratuberculosis; GOATS; PARATUBERCULOSIS
- Publication
Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences & Biotechnology, 2022, Vol 18, Issue 2, p132
- ISSN
2394-0247
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21887/ijvsbt.18.2.30