Australia's National research program for ovine Johne's disease (OJD) was managed by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) as part of the National Ovine Johne's Disease Control and Evaluation Program (NOJDP). This six-year program ran from 1998 to 2004, with the aims of:

• Determining the extent of OJD infection in Australia,
• Evaluating if eradication of the disease was feasible and cost effective,
• Developing management and control options to assist affected producers; and
• Minimising the spread of the infection during the evaluation phase.

The NOJDP and associated research program have now officially concluded, although a number of projects are continuing over the next few years.

Copies of project reports and related documents have now been indexed and some are available for download from this collection.

Research Partners

• National Johne's Disease Program
• Animal Health Australia

MLA reserves all copyright of the content in this collection

Recent Submissions

• Investigations of adult sheep vaccinated with Gudair® for protection against ovine Johne’s disease. 

  Hazelton, Mark

  Published 2003-10-01

  This observational study closely examined the gross and histopathological lesions associated with ovine Johne’s disease in sheep vaccinated as adults with Gudair®. Two cohorts of Gudair® vaccinated sheep were used from two ...

  Open Access

  Thesis, Honours
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• Culture of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis from soil 

  Hope, Anne

  Published 1997-01-01

  Open Access

  Report, Technical
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• DNA typing of Johne's disease organisms. 

  Whittington, R. J

  Published 1998-12-31

  Open Access

  Report, Technical
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• Surveillance and risk assessment of Ovine Johne's disease in Australia 

  Sergeant, Evan W

  Published 2003-08-31

  Ovine Johne’s disease (OJD) was first diagnosed in Australia in 1980, and by January 1998, more than 200 infected flocks had been identified in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. In 1998, in response to the ...

  Open Access

  Thesis
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• Development of a rapid cost effective test for ovine Johne's Disease based on testing of pooled faeces : final report. 

  Marsh, Ian; Whittington, Richard

  Published 2000-06-30

  This 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 Access

  Report, Technical
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