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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
Our objective was to estimate the effect of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis infection on milk, fat, and protein yield deviations, pregnancy rate, lactation somatic cell score, and projected total months in milk (productive life). A serum ELISA and fecal culture for M. paratuberculosis were performed on 4375 Holsteins in 232 DHIA herds throughout the US. Primarily first through third lactation cows (99% of total) were assayed for infection. Trait information (except productive life) was obtained for the lactation concurrent with disease tests. Productive life was total months in milk through a cow's life, which was projected if a cow was still milking. For most analyses, case definition for M. paratuberculosis infection was defined as either an ELISA S/P ratio>or=0.25 or a positive fecal culture for M. paratuberculosis or both. To determine if diagnostic test affected estimates, case definition was redefined to include only cows with ELISA S/P ratios>or=0.25 or only fecal culture-positive cows. Linear models were used to estimate effect of M. paratuberculosis infection on traits. M. paratuberculosis-infected cows (7.89% of cows) produced 303.9 kg less milk/lactation, 11.46 kg less fat/lactation, and 9.49 kg less protein/lactation (P<or=0.003). Infected cows had higher pregnancy rates (1.39%) (P=0.0385) and lower productive life (2.85 months) (P<or=0.0001). M. paratuberculosis infection did not affect somatic cell score. Effect of infection on milk and protein yields was larger in first lactation M. paratuberculosis-positive cows relative to cows that tested positive in later lactations. Fecal culture-positive cows had consistently larger effects on all traits than ELISA-positive cows. M. paratuberculosis infection, and not just clinical Johne's disease, decreases milk, fat, and protein yields, thus increasing the estimated cost of paratuberculosis to the US dairy industry.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0167-5877
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
103-19
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Animal Welfare, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Antibodies, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Cattle Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Fats, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Feces, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Lactation, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Linear Models, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Milk, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Milk Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Paratuberculosis, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Parity, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:17350703-Pregnancy Rate
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis infection on production, reproduction, and health traits in US Holsteins.
pubmed:affiliation
Dairy Science Department, University of Wisconsin, 1675 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706, United States.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't