Epidemiological assessment of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) in target herds
Project Reference: 03-RESR-001
Status: Completed
Commencement Date: May, 2003
Project Duration: 18 months
Abstract:
This research was commissioned in order to carry out follow-up veterinary investigation of suspect Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP)-positive herds identified in an earlier safefood project.
The objectives of this research were:
- to validate the use of milk filters as a cost-effective, reliable methodology for screening dairy herds for the presence of MAP
- to identify critical risk factors for spread of MAP infection between and within herds on milk production holdings by testing milk filters, bulk tank milk, bloods from individual animals, water sources and rabbit faeces
- to recommend practical control measures to the farmers concerned in relation to herd health, herd management, hygiene practices and environmental standards.
Principal Contractor(s):
Mr Jim Buckley, Cork County Council
Collaborator(s):
Dr John Egan, Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Dublin
Prof Seamus Fanning, University College Dublin
Dr Michael Rowe, Queen’s University Belfast
Outputs:
Reports:
A Review of the Milk Supply Chain (Data included in the Consumer Focused Review)
Peer Reviews:
Brenda P. Murphy, Mary Murphy, James F. Buckley, Deirdre Gilroy, Michael T. Rowe, David McCleery, Seamus Fanning*. (2005). “In-line milk filter analysis: Escherichia Coli O157 surveillance of milk production holdings” International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 208 (2005) 407–413.
F. J. Reen, E. F. Boyd, S. Porwollik, B. P. Murphy, D. Gilroy,S. Fanning, and M. McClelland* (2005). “Genomic Comparisons of Salmonella Enterica Serovar Dublin, Agona, and Typhimurium Strains recently Isolated from Milk Filters and Bovine Samples from Ireland, Using a Salmonella Microarray”. Applied And Environmental Microbiology, Mar. 2005, p. 1616–1625.
Brenda P. Murphy, Rebecca O’Mahony, James F. Buckley, Priscilla Shine, E. Fidelma Boyd, Deirdre Gilroy & Seamus Fanning, “Investigation of a global collection of nontyphoidal Salmonella of various serotypes cultured between1953 and 2004 for the presence of class1integrons” FEMS Microbiology Letters 266 (2007) 170–176.
