IJCP launches programme to control Johne’s Disease in cattle
The Irish Johne’s Control Programme (IJCP) together with Animal Health Ireland (AHI) is developing a long-term programme to control Johne’s disease within the Irish cattle industry. The disease which causes diarrhoea and wasting in cattle is caused by the bacterum Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) which affects the gut of cattle, and can easily spread from one animal to the next. Symptoms of the disease often go undetected until…