title: Effect of Map-vaccination in ewes on body condition score, weight and Map-shedding.
abstract: Vaccination against Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map) in sheep receives growing attention worldwide, particularly in countries with national Map control strategies. A field study was conducted, investigating the effect of GUDAIR on body condition, weight and Map-shedding in a professionally managed but largely Map-affected suffolk flock prior and after vaccination. For this, 80 ewes out of 1000 animals were randomly sampled. In the univariate analysis body condition scores of ewes twelve months after vaccination improved significantly compared to those sampled prior to vaccination. At the same time the rate of ewes shedding Map was reduced by 37%.
authors.affiliation: State Institute for Agriculture, Food Safety and Fisheries Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Epidemiology Unit, Rostock, Germany. huettner@pinnower-see.de
authors.forename: Klim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hüttner
authors.forename: Ulla
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Krämer
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kleist
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D057138:Bacterial Shedding / Q000276:immunology; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D016927:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D001428:Bacterial Vaccines