Faculty of Science: Recent submissions
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Survival of Johne’s Disease in the environment : National Ovine Johne's Disease Control and Evaluation Program.
Published 2001-06-30This report covers three MLA projects (TR.055, TR.055A and OJD.003) undertaken by NSW Agriculture to determine how long the sheep strain of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis survives in the environment to validate destocking ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Exposure factors leading to establishment of OJD infection and clinical disease : epidemiology of OJD-1.
Published 2004-12-01This study was conducted in order to provide answers for owners of OJD-infected sheep flocks who wish to minimise the economic and biological impact of the disease on their sheep enterprises. The study has demonstrated ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Individual animal tests for ovine Johne's disease.
Published 2004-03-01Routine diagnostic tests for ovine paratuberculosis have poor sensitivity in the early stages of the disease, and transmission often occurs before detection. Currently there are no tests to accurately confirm early infection ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
National Workshop on Control Strategies : a review of the NSW approach. 17 and 18 April, 2001 – AMA House, Barton ACT.
Published 2001-01-01The purpose of this workshop was to facilitate a structured discussion by national and state OJD technical advisers of a number of proposals for change to the on-farm strategies currently applied in NSW for controlling the ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Ewe-lamb transmission of ovine Johne's Disease.
Published 2003-04-01Knowledge of the likelihood of intrauterine or transmammary transmission of M. a. paratuberculosis infection in sheep is important in the design of control programs. Little has been published on this aspect of ovine Johne's ...Open AccessReport, Technical