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 risk assessment based program, and thought it could lead to the prevention of other on-farm diseases.
Sorge
Ulrike S
US
Ontario Veterinary College, Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1. usorge@uoguelph.ca
Mount
Jeremy
J
Kelton
David F
DF
Godkin
Ann
A
D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000193:education*; D000818:Animals; D002170:Canada; D002417:Cattle; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D004520:Education, Veterinary; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018634:Veterinarians / Q000523:psychology*