Nearly a century of JD control programmes has, particularly in the dairy industry, not resulted in sufficient progress. Except for goats in Norway, no reports can be found in a herd in which MAP infection has been eradicated, and in many countries, herd- and animal-level prevalence has not decreased…

…Uptake of JD control programmes will improve if [the knowledge gaps identified by Barkema et al] have been satisfactorily addressed. However, because of the voluntary nature of JD programmes, it will still be important to identify factors that motivate farmers to enrol in these programmes.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/tbed.12723

May 2017