By Terry Fyock, Robert Whitlock, and Raymond Sweeney Reprinted with permission of Hoard’s Dairyman
The importance of finding and culling cows in a herd that are shedding excessively high numbers of M. paratuberculosis bacteria in their manure, so called “super-shedders”, is described in this article in the October 10, 2009 issue of Hoard’s Dairyman.
International Food Safety Organization Position Paper on MAP
TAFS, noted for its work on BSE, published its first position paper on MAP. The position paper outlines strategies at the farm-, national- and international-levels to limit human exposure to MAP through the food chain. The position paper is available for download from the TAFS website.
By Terry Fyock, Robert Whitlock, and Raymond Sweeney
