title: Control of paratuberculosis in sheep and goats.
abstract: Control of paratuberculosis in small ruminants can be easily achieved by vaccination. Vaccination prevents clinical cases and thus may lead to increased production at a highly profitable benefit-to-cost ratio. Because bacterial shedding is greatly reduced, vaccination can help control the general contamination risks. There are no restrictions to vaccination in sheep, but potential interference with diagnosis of tuberculosis must be taken into account in goats. Other control strategies have failed, because of either high costs or lack of efficacy on a large scale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Health, NEIKER and a Vaccine-producing Commercial Company (CZV, SL), Berreaga 1, 48160 Derio, Bizkaia, Spain. Electronic address: rjuste@neiker.net.
authors.forename: Ramon A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Juste
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071 León, Spain.
authors.forename: Valentin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Perez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006041:Goats; D016927:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000191:economics / Q000662:veterinary*