Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis high shedding in an adult female alpaca, and its implications for the rest of the herd

J Vet Intern Med. 2009 Nov-Dec;23(6):1311-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0401.x.

Authors

M-E Fecteau¹, J Ross, B S Tennent-Brown, P L Habecker, S Sreevatsan, R W Sweeney, R H Whitlock

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA 19348, USA. mfecteau@vet.upenn.edu

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacterial Shedding / physiology*
Camelids, New World*
Feces / microbiology*
Female
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis / isolation & purification*
Paratuberculosis / microbiology*
Paratuberculosis / pathology