Faculty of Science: Recent submissions
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Determination of individual animal-level sensitivity of abattoir surveillance for ovine Johne's Disease.
Published 2002-09-01This project aimed to estimate the sensitivity of abattoir surveillance for ovine Johne’s disease (OJD) at an individual animal level. Currently abattoir surveillance for OJD occurs in 21 meatworks around Australia and ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
National field evaluation of pooled faecal culture - interim report 24 October 00.
Published 2000-10-24Pooled faecal culture (PFC) has been proposed as a screening test for testing sheep populations as part of the NOJDP as it provides the potential for significant savings for the NOJDP compared with serological testing. ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Survival of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in the environment.
Published 2000-08-01Reducing the survival of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (Mptb)outside the host animal has long been attributed to environmental factors such as elevated temperature, pH, ultraviolet light and dryness although without direct ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Ovine Johne's Disease : an update of Australian research.
Published 2004-03-01The Ovine Johne’s Disease (OJD) “Harvest Year” Workshop was held on the 25th March, 2004 at Rydges, North Sydney. The workshop was hosted by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and was attended by researchers, advisors, ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Development of a rapid cost effective test for ovine Johne's Disease based on testing of pooled faeces : final report.
Published 2000-06-30This project was undertaken to develop and evaluate a rapid, cost-effective, flock test for Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in pooled faecal samples, based on hybridisation-capture polymerase chain reaction (HC-PCR). However, ...Open AccessReport, Technical