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            <title>Case: Johne’s disease in dairy goats</title>
            <description>This 10 minute lecture was recorded live at a meeting hosted by the Maine Veterinary Medical Association in Waterville, ME. It is a case presentation on Johne’s disease in dairy goats. The presentation employs clicker technology allowing audience responses to questions posed on screen. Investigate the case along with the audience and think about how you might handle this problem.</description>
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            <title>The Crohn’s Connection: A Threat to be Reckoned With</title>
            <description>This 42 minute lecture was recorded live at a meeting hosted by the Maine Veterinary Medical Association in Waterville, ME. It provides evidence from published research that the cause of Johne’s disease, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, could be involved in the pathogenesis of Crohn’s disease in humans.</description>
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            <title>Johne’s disease: Challenges and Opportunities</title>
            <description>This 105 minute lecture was recorded live at a meeting hosted by the Maine Veterinary Medical Association in Waterville, ME. It is the first of several presentations and covers an overview of the state of the art in Johne’s disease diagnosis and control. The presentation employs clicker technology allowing audience responses to questions posed on screen; a good way to test your own knowledge.</description>
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            <title>International Perspectives on Prevention and Control of Johne’s Disease</title>
            <description>This 36 minutes lecture is a studio recording of the lecture given to the Ontario Dairy Farmers organization.  It gives a brief introduction about Johne’s disease and then describes what national control programs in different countries with an emphasis on the USA.</description>
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            <title>Johne’s Disease Threats and Opportunities</title>
            <description>This 40 minutes lecture is a studio recording of the second lecture given to the Ontario Dairy Farmers organization.  It first covers reasons for concern about the zoonotic potential of MAP and then gives the encouraging news that all the necessary tools are available to affordably and effectively control Johne’s disease in dairy herds.</description>
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            <title>What is the best test?</title>
            <description>This presentation was given April 18, 2008 in Lansing Michigan at a meeting for producers and veterinary practitioners hosted by the Johne’s Disease Integrated Research Program (JDIP).  The presentation summarizes expert opinion on which diagnostic test to use in dairy and beef cattle herds facing each of 8 specific situations.</description>
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            <title>The expanding paratuberculosis epidemic and its implications for food.</title>
            <description>This presentation describes the extensive knowledge generated about Johne’s disease and extensive efforts in the U.S. to create strong control programs.  It goes on to speculate why the epidemic appears to be continuing to expand and what consequences that may have for food safety and human health.  The presentation was recorded live during a seminar given at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 5, 2008.</description>
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            <title>Consensus recommendations on diagnostic testing of cattle for Johne’s disease in the U.S.</title>
            <description>This presentation describes Johne’s disease testing recommendations for both dairy and beef cattle in eight different situations.  The presentation was recorded live at the USDA Advanced Johne’s Disease training program in New Orleans, February, 2008.  The accompanying handout is the article on this same topic published in the December 15, 2006 issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (reprinted with permission).</description>
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            <title>Summation lecture - 9th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis</title>
            <description>This is a condensed version of the summation speech given at the 9ICP meeting held in Tsukuba, Japan, November 2008.  The talk is a brief summary of the meeting and scientific challenges facing researchers in this field. The content is technical and has 51 slides with 30 minutes of narration.</description>
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            <title>Successful control of Johne’s disease in dairy herds</title>
            <description>This presentation describes results of a six year field trial to control Johne’s disease in nine Wisconsin dairy herds.  The presentation was recorded live at the USDA Advanced Johne’s Disease training program in New Orleans, February, 2008.  The accompanying handout on the same topic is from the Proceedings of the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association meeting in Madison, WI October, 2007.</description>
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