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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1391610" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>There is so much information and counter information on Johnes and working with dairymen and all with the milk testing I hear every story imaginable. Realize that even if a dairy has animals that test positive for johnes, that they still can ship their milk.( It's the whole thing of not letting a calf suck from the cow and getting infected from contact with manure splattered teats and such.) Granted milk from a commercial dairy goes to pasteurization....</p><p>I have read more studies than not that do not directly link johnes to crohns disease. And there has been a recent study on a case of anti-biotics curing a case of crohns; listed in the university of Minn vet site maybe? </p><p>I would definitely get the tests redone. Then I would still question it as seldom does an animal reached the age of 8 or 9 without succombing to the disease. Do you have a family doctor that is schooled in wholistic health? I would ask them their opinion. Most want to crucify an animal if they have a positive reaction to anything. Johnes is also called paratubercullosis, so the positive to TB is a given if she does have johnes. But they can have false positives from TB tests. Had a guernsey that tested pos 3 different times to TB, yet each follow up test showed a negative retest. Finally quit worrying about it, drank her milk for years and buried her at 15 when she couldn't get up from arthritis in her joints. 30 years later I am still drinking raw milk from my cows. But that is only one small case. I honestly don't know what to tell you....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1391610, member: 25884"] There is so much information and counter information on Johnes and working with dairymen and all with the milk testing I hear every story imaginable. Realize that even if a dairy has animals that test positive for johnes, that they still can ship their milk.( It's the whole thing of not letting a calf suck from the cow and getting infected from contact with manure splattered teats and such.) Granted milk from a commercial dairy goes to pasteurization.... I have read more studies than not that do not directly link johnes to crohns disease. And there has been a recent study on a case of anti-biotics curing a case of crohns; listed in the university of Minn vet site maybe? I would definitely get the tests redone. Then I would still question it as seldom does an animal reached the age of 8 or 9 without succombing to the disease. Do you have a family doctor that is schooled in wholistic health? I would ask them their opinion. Most want to crucify an animal if they have a positive reaction to anything. Johnes is also called paratubercullosis, so the positive to TB is a given if she does have johnes. But they can have false positives from TB tests. Had a guernsey that tested pos 3 different times to TB, yet each follow up test showed a negative retest. Finally quit worrying about it, drank her milk for years and buried her at 15 when she couldn't get up from arthritis in her joints. 30 years later I am still drinking raw milk from my cows. But that is only one small case. I honestly don't know what to tell you.... [/QUOTE]
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