Farmers' knowledge of Johne's disease and opinions of the Irish Johne's Control Programme: results of an online survey answered mostly by young farmers.

ABSTRACT: A voluntary control programme for Johne's disease, the Irish Johne's Control Programme (IJCP) has been implemented in Ireland since 2017. The objective of this observational study was to assess Irish beef and dairy farmers' Johne's disease knowledge, implemented management practices and IJCP opinions. A questionnaire open to dairy and beef farmers was distributed via social media and email. In total 126 responses were used for this study; these responses came from mostly young farmers (18-25 years old) and represent a small proportion of the total number of dairy and beef farmers in Ireland whose average age is 55.Most respondents claimed to know what Johne's disease was (73%; 92/126) and associated the disease to loss of body condition (68%; 78/114) and diarrhoea (59%; 67/114). Twenty-eig

SUBMITTER: Horan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10588086 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature