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There’s a global epidemic of grievous inflammatory disease in cattle caused by the paratuberculosis bacterium. The challenge can be solved entirely by vaccines
by odyssey7 2y ago
There’s a global epidemic of grievous inflammatory disease in cattle caused by the paratuberculosis bacterium.
The challenge can be solved entirely by vaccines, it’s just not prioritized. You can simply “cull” a sick cow and sell the diseased meat in the grocery store.
The article doesn’t say what the inflammatory diseases in the cows are in India, but I wonder if it’s the same.
Edit: Yes, researchers have identified widespread Paratuberculosis infections in India. “Our research on screening of over 26,000 domestic livestock for MAP infection using 4 different diagnostic tests (microscopy, culture, ELISA and PCR), during last 31 years has shown that the average bio-load of MAP in the livestock population of India is very high (cattle 43%, buffaloes 36%, goats 23% and sheep 41%).” [1]
[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29090657/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29090657/