Anita Filippi, Chiara Garbarino, Matteo Nava, Simone Russo, Joel Fernando Soares Filipe, Alessandro Bianchi, Luca Corlatti, Alessandro Gugiatti, Clelia Buccheri Pederzoli, Claudio Pigoli, Luca Pedrotti, Norma Arrigoni, Matteo Ricchi, Irene Bertoletti, Camilla Luzzago
Paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) is a globally widespread infectious disease affecting domestic and wild ruminants, caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). The bacterium is excreted in the feces and is characterized by high environmental resistance. The new Animal Health Law (Regulation EU 2016/429) on transmissible animal diseases, recently in force throughout the European Union, includes paratuberculosis within the diseases requiring surveillance in the EU, listing some domestic and wild Bovidae, Cervidae, and Camelidae as potential reservoirs...
2024: Frontiers in Veterinary Science