Table 8 Reasons stated for not having a control program for paratuberculosis among 26 countries
From: Control of paratuberculosis: who, why and how. A review of 48 countries
Reason | No. countries | % countries |
|---|---|---|
Economic constraints | 12 | 46 |
Animal health resources are currently deployed to tackle other priority diseases | 11 | 42 |
Other | 10 | 40 |
Lack of national/regional animal health capacity, infrastructure or operational resources | 8 | 31 |
Paratuberculosis is not prevalent at herd or individual animal levels and is not considered to be a problem relative to other animal health issues | 8 | 31 |
Lack of laboratory diagnostic services | 6 | 23 |
Paratuberculosis is present but is not considered to affect the animal population | 5 | 19 |
Lack of feasibility due to inadequate control tools (eg. poor diagnostic tests, poor vaccines) | 1 | 4 |
Paratuberculosis vaccine is available for use by farmers (there is no coordinated control program) | 1 | 4 |