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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
How much is Johne’s disease costing you?

The National Johne’s Education Initiative, with financial support from IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., has developed a simple tool for estimating the cost of Johne’s disease for commercial dairies. The attached brochure, describes how to make the cost calculations for your own herd. To make things even simpler, the authors of this website provide a link to our downloadable Excel spreadsheet to speed the calculations. Just plug in your numbers and the spreadsheet does the math. If you would rather have us do the calculations, simply send us an email at Ask An Expert with the 8 critical information items needed (http://www.johnes.org/ask/ask-expert.asp) *reprinted with permission

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
IDEXX laboratories launches new Johne’s disease test approved for use on milk.

IDEXX Production Animal Services announces the North American release of IDEXX® M. pt. Antibody Test Kit for the detection of antibodies for Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (M. pt.) in milk, serum, and plasma samples. Designed to help dairy and cattle producers manage the impact of M. pt., also known as Johne’s disease, this USDA-licensed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) minimizes the need for retesting ensuring quick turnaround time for producers.

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Liability for sale of cattle with Johne’s disease.

Different countries and states within the U.S. have differing laws regarding liability for sale of unhealthy animals. Wisconsin law is very specific about this as it pertains to Johne’s disease. The attached summary of a case litigated in Wisconsin illustrates this point.

This link takes you to the relevant Wisconsin Statute:
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/statutes/Stat0095.pdf

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