Perceptions of veterinarians in bovine practice and producers with beef cow-calf operations enrolled in the US voluntary bovine Johne's disease control program concerning economic losses associated with Johne's disease

dc.contributor.authorBhattarai, Bikash
dc.contributor.authorFosgate, Geoffrey Theodore
dc.contributor.authorOsterstock, Jason B.
dc.contributor.authorFossler, Charles P.
dc.contributor.authorPark, Seong C.
dc.contributor.authorRoussel, Allen J.
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-30T10:16:22Z
dc.date.available2014-01-30T10:16:22Z
dc.date.issued2013-11
dc.description.abstractThis study compares the perceptions of producers and veterinarians on the economicimpacts of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) infection in cow-calfherds. Questionnaires were mailed to beef producers through the Designated Johne’sCoordinators and to veterinarians belonging to a nationwide professional organization.Important components of losses associated with MAP infected cows were used to estimatetotal loss per infected cow-year using an iterative approach based on collected survey data.Veterinarians were more likely to perceive a lower calving percentage in MAP infectedcows compared to producers (P = 0.02). Income lost due to the presence of Johne’s disease(JD) in an infected cattle herd was perceived to be higher by veterinarians (P < 0.01). Com-pared to veterinarians without JD certification, seedstock producers were more likely toperceive genetic losses due to culling cows positive for MAP (P < 0.01). There were mixedopinions regarding the magnitude of lowered weaning weight in calves from infected cowsand perceived differences in risk of other diseases or conditions in infected cows. An annualloss of $235 (95% CR: $89–$457) for each infected animal was estimated based on infor-mation from the producer survey. The analogous estimate using information inputs fromveterinarians was $250 ($82–$486). Mean annual loss due to JD in a 100 cow herd with a7% true prevalence was $1644 ($625–$3250) based on information provided by producers.Similarly, mean annual loss based on information collected from veterinarians was $1747($575–$3375).en
dc.description.librarianhb2014en
dc.description.librarianab2014
dc.description.sponsorshipProgram for the Study of Johne’s Disease in Texas and by a cooperative agreement with USDA-APHIS-VS.en
dc.description.urihttp://ww w.elsevier.com/locate/prevetmeden
dc.identifier.citationBhattarai, B, Fosgate, GT, Osterstock, JB, Fossler, CP, Park, SC & Roussel, AJ 2013, 'Perceptions of veterinarians in bovine practice and producers with beef cow-calf operations enrolled in the US voluntary bovine Johne's disease control program concerning economic losses associated with Johne's disease', Preventive Veterinary Medicine, vol. 112, no. 3-4, pp. 330-337.en
dc.identifier.issn0167-5877 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1873-1716 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.08.009
dc.identifier.other6603440077
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/33198
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
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dc.rights© 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Preventive Veterinary Medicine. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Preventive Veterinary Medicine, vol. 112, no.3-4, 2013. doi : 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.08.009en
dc.subjectJohne’s diseaseen
dc.subjectBeef cattleen
dc.subjectMycobacterium avium subspeciesen
dc.subjectEconomicsen
dc.subject.lcshParatuberculosisen
dc.subject.lcshCattle -- Diseasesen
dc.titlePerceptions of veterinarians in bovine practice and producers with beef cow-calf operations enrolled in the US voluntary bovine Johne's disease control program concerning economic losses associated with Johne's diseaseen
dc.typePostprint Articleen

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