Veterinarians' perspective on a voluntary Johne's disease prevention program in Ontario and western Canada

Veterinarians' perspective on a voluntary Johne's disease prevention program in Ontario and western Canada

A survey was conducted to assess the beliefs of veterinarians on Johne's disease (JD) and their attitudes towards the Canadian, risk assessment based, JD prevention program. The veterinarians surveyed believed Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis may have zoonotic potential, liked the ri...

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Veröffentlicht in:Canadian veterinary journal 2010-04, Vol.51 (4), p.403-405
Hauptverfasser: Sorge, Ulrike S, Mount, Jeremy, Kelton, David F, Godkin, Ann
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal Husbandry - education
Animals
attitudes and opinions
Canada
Cattle
control methods
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks - veterinary
disease prevention
Education, Veterinary
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
Ontario
paratuberculosis
Paratuberculosis - prevention & control
Risk Assessment
Scientific
surveys
veterinarians
Veterinarians - psychology
zoonoses
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Zusammenfassung:A survey was conducted to assess the beliefs of veterinarians on Johne's disease (JD) and their attitudes towards the Canadian, risk assessment based, JD prevention program. The veterinarians surveyed believed Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis may have zoonotic potential, liked the risk assessment based program, and thought it could lead to the prevention of other on-farm diseases.
ISSN:0008-5286