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

Authors

AGNIESZKA WISZNIEWSK LASZCZYCH
JOANNA SZTEYN
ALEKSANDRA RUSZCZYNSKA

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.

DOI

10.3906/vet-0804-8

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