Presence of Mycobacterium avium subs. paratuberculosis DNA in milk used to feed calves in Portugal

This Technical Research communication describes results of a study aimed at detecting the presence of Map in milk fed to calves, and identifying possible risk factors for that presence. A questionnaire was performed on 37 dairy farms and waste milk samples were collected on 3 occasions separated by a minimum of 1 week. For farms not feeding waste milk, bulk tank milk samples were collected instead. A real time PCR for the detection of the IS900 sequence was performed for the detection of Map. A majority of farms (89·2%) fed waste milk, with only one pasteurising the milk before feeding it to calves. Results of the PCR showed that 51·5% of the farms that were feeding waste milk had a positive result for Map on that milk. None of the studied risk factors were significantly associated with the presence of Map in milk samples, possibly due to the small number of farms entering the study. However, the prevalence of positive samples for Map on PCR was 3·5 times higher for farms that bought in animals from a single origin and 1·9 times higher for farms that bought from multiple farms, when compared with closed farms. Having a calving area for multiple cows also increased the risk of a positive Map result by 1·5 when compared with single pens. The risk of having a positive Map result on waste milk was 1·6 times higher for farms feeding that milk to male calves and 1·4 for farms feeding to both male and female calves, when compared with farms not feeding waste milk. This study highlights paratuberculosis as one of the potential risks of feeding waste milk to calves, and the need for mitigation strategies to be in place to avoid unnecessary disease transmission..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:84

Enthalten in:

The journal of dairy research - 84(2017), 2, Seite 124

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Célia Leão [VerfasserIn]
Ana Botelho [Sonstige Person]
Elisabete Martins [Sonstige Person]
Carla Aguiar [Sonstige Person]
Inês Rebelo [Sonstige Person]
Telmo Nunes [Sonstige Person]
Ricardo Bexiga [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Agriculture
Animals
Antimicrobial agents
Bulk sampling
Calves
Cattle
DNA
Dairy farms
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA
Disease
Disease transmission
Farms
Feces
Feeding
Feeds
Infections
Milk
Mitigation
Paratuberculosis
Pasteurization
Pens
Polymerase chain reaction
Questionnaires
Real time
Risk
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Veterinary medicine

doi:

10.1017/S0022029917000164

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OLC1994486791