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Candidate gene and genome-wide association studies of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in cattle and sheep: a review.
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases - 1 May 2011
Purdie Auriol C, Plain Karren M, Begg Douglas J, de Silva Kumudika, Whittington Richard J
Abstract excerpt
Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease), caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, is responsible for significant economic losses in livestock industries worldwide. This organism is also of public health concern due to an unconfirmed link to Crohn's disease. Susceptibility to paratuberculosis has been suggested to have a genetic component. In livestock, a number of candidate genes have been studied,...
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