Scientists at Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine have developed a vaccine that prevents Johne’s disease, a condition that costs the dairy industry $220 million to $250 million annually. The breakthrough is published in the January 2009 issue of the journal Vaccine. The Cornell team identified and prepared the antigen necessary for the vaccine development. Their antigen is licensed to the … Read More
New Brochure Available for Johne's Disease
The National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) is offering free copies of a new Johne’s disease prevention and control brochure. Johne’s disease experts maintain that dairy and beef cows are leaving herds way too fast – before they are tested for Johne’s disease. They note producers who have culled one or more animals for unresponsive chronic diarrhea combined with reduced … Read More