title: Within-farm transmission of bovine paratuberculosis: recent developments.
abstract: Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis is the causative agent of paratuberculosis in cattle which causes a chronic infection of the small intestine. Since the transmission is only partly understood current control programs have been able to only decrease prevalence but not to eradicate disease from a herd. Unknown and therefore uncontrolled routes of transmission were suggested and infective bioaerosols were hypothesized as a potential candidate. This review gives an overview concerning disease transmission and focuses on consequences of bioaerosols on the within-herd transmission of paratuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. s.w.f.eisenberg@uu.nl
authors.forename: Susanne W F
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.forename: Mirjam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nielen
authors.forename: Ad P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Koets
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000391:Air Microbiology; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D006799:Housing, Animal; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000635:transmission*
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols