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Paratuberculosis in dairy cattle: variation of the antibody response in offspring attributable to the dam.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Feb 2002
Nielsen S S, Gröhn Y T, Quaas R L, Agger J F
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to examine transmission of paratuberculosis in dairy cattle attributable to the dam. Milk samples were collected from 8131 cows in 110 Danish dairy herds. The level of antibodies to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis was determined by use of an ELISA. Information on dam and sire was obtained from the Danish Cattle database. The following two data sets were analyzed:...
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