National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Johne’s disease is a fatal gastrointestinal disease of ruminants and is caused by the Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP). It is a zoonotic disease and in humans transmits as Crohn’s disease. The main clinical symptoms of Johne’s disease in ruminants are Severe diarrhoea with the increased thirst, progressive cachexia, emaciation, body coat is rough and hide bound condition. Humans can be exposed to the MAP through the consumption of raw milk of the infected dairy-herd with the pathogen, ground beef from the infected buffalo, domestic water supply which is originating from the surface source near the runoff from infected farms and improper pasteurization of milk. The large intestinal mucosa becomes cobble stone appearance in Crohn’s disease though it is corrugated in the JD. The treatment of this disease is not advocated but the vaccination could be done with heat killed or modified live preparation of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis strain-18. There should be maintenance of personal hygiene and use of boots, hand gloves and caps during handling of the animals.
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