A case study of the clinical form of Johne’s disease in a heifer

Authors

AGNIESZKA WISZNIEWSK LASZCZYCH
JOANNA SZTEYN
ALEKSANDRA RUSZCZYNSKA

DOI

10.3906/vet-0804-8

Abstract

Johne's disease-paratuberculosis-affects domesticated and wild ruminants throughout the world. The first symptoms of the disease appear 6 months to 15 years after infection. The clinical stage of paratuberculosis usually occurs in older animals and is rare in those under 2 years of age. While performing analyses on a farm in the northeastern region of Poland a 2-year-old heifer that manifested symptoms of dyspepsia, proceeding with watery diarrhea, was observed. ELISA test (IDEXX) results demonstrated a positive serological reaction for paratuberculosis. Clinical examination, microbiological analysis of feces, autopsy, and histopathological examination confirmed the incidence of Johne's disease in the heifer.

Keywords

Paratuberculosis, clinical stage, diagnosis, symptoms, Poland

First Page

95

Last Page

99

Recommended Citation

LASZCZYCH, AGNIESZKA WISZNIEWSK; SZTEYN, JOANNA; and RUSZCZYNSKA, ALEKSANDRA (2010) "A case study of the clinical form of Johne’s disease in a heifer," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 34: No. 1, Article 14. https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-0804-8
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol34/iss1/14