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Protecting calves against exposure to
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) – the bacteria that cause Johne’s disease – is the essence of control of Johne’s disease, according to Animal Health Ireland (AHI).
How can grazing be managed to support that control? Whether an animal becomes infected with MAP is determined by a combination of their susceptibility (or resistance) and the amount of MAP to which they are exposed.
Protecting young calves
New-born calves are very susceptible to infection with MAP, which is why the Johne’s programme emphasises the importance of clean calving areas, early removal of calves to clean calf pens, and hygienic husbandry, particularly calf feeding.
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Johne’s disease is a bacterial disease of cattle, which can have a negative economic impact on farms. With calving gathering speed, it’s important to keep the necessary steps in mind to limit the spread of this costly disease.
The Irish Johne’s Control Programme (IJCP), operated by Animal Health Ireland (AHI), is developing a long-term programme to control Johne’s disease, within the Irish cattle industry.
According to AHI, cattle usually become infected as calves early in life by drinking milk or eating food contaminated with the bacteria, which are shed in the dung or milk of infected adult cattle.
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“Any increase in biogenic methane emissions from continually increasing livestock numbers will put the achievement of this target in doubt,” said the Government last week, as it set out its Ag Climatise plan for a climate-neutral agriculture by 2050, starting with a 20% reduction in nitrogen fertiliser use by 2030. With 350,000 hectares of organic farming by 2030 also in the plan (compared to 74,000 ha now); an effective cap on livestock numbers; and a one-fifth cut in the nitrogen fertilisation which p