Johne's Disease

Johne's (pronounced "Yo-knees") disease is a chronic, contagious bacterial disease that affects the small intestine of ruminants such as cattle, sheep, goats, deer, antelope and bison. All ruminants are susceptible. It is present among U.S. dairy and beef herds.

Research shows that today, one out of 10 animals moving through livestock auction facilities has Johne's disease.

To reduce the prevalence of Johne's in U.S. cattle, USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS) spearheads a national, coordinated Johne's disease effort developed in conjunction with the States and cattle industries. The plan includes a national educational campaign, the New Window Voluntary Bovine Johne's Disease Control Program and guidelines for States to assist infected herds.

Newsletter

Quarterly newsletters are made available through the National Johne's Education Initiative which is a cooperative effort of the New Window National Institute for Animal Agriculture and New Window USDA, APHIS, Veterinary Services, in association with the New Window National Johne's Working Group & United States Animal Health Association. One is a Johne's Beef Newsletter and the other is the Johne's Dairy Newsletter, and they are customized with contact information for each state.

To view the latest Beef and Dairy newsletters for Kansas click on the following links:

Johne's Disease Newsletter – Dairy – Spring 2011 PDF icon

Johne's Disease Newsletter – Beef- Spring 2011 PDF icon

Johne's Disease Newsletter – Dairy – Fall 2011 PDF icon

Johne's Disease Newsletter – Beef – Fall 2011 PDF icon

Johne's Disease Newsletter – Dairy – Winter 2012 PDF icon

Johne's Disease Newsletter – Beef – Winter 2012 PDF icon

For more information on Johne's disease, visit the New Window Johne's Information Central.

For more information on how you can help out and control this disease, call the Kansas Department of Agriculture's Animal Health office at 785-296-2326.

Kansas Department of Agriculture