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SUBMITTER: Kennedy AE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5660059 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kennedy Aideen E AE O'Mahony Jim J Byrne Noel N MacSharry John J Sayers Riona G RG
Frontiers in veterinary science 20171023
The Republic of Ireland reports a relatively low prevalence of Johne's disease (JD) compared to international counterparts. Postulated reasons for this include a lower average herd size and a grass-based production system. Ireland also engages in high levels of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) testing. As interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) is believed to play a key role in protecting against JD, it is our hypothesis that administration of purified protein derivative (PPD), as part of the bTB test, is associated ...[more]