Abstract
The second edition of this book contains 23 chapters containing new information and developments on the epidemiology, global prevalence and economics of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) infection; MAP and animal-derived foods and the environment; paratuberculosis and Crohn's disease; genetics of host susceptibility to paratuberculosis, the Mycobacterium avium complex; comparative genomics and genomic epidemiology of MAP strains; molecular genetics of MAP; proteins and antigens of MAP; host-pathogen interactions and intracellular survival of MAP; drug susceptibility testing and antimicrobial resistance in MAP; paratuberculosis in cattle, sheep, goats, deer, camelids, other ruminants and non-ruminant wildlife; experimental animal models of paratuberculosis; immunology of paratuberculosis infection and disease; cultivation of MAP; polymerase chain reaction and immune-based diagnosis of MAP; paratuberculosis control and MAP vaccination and vaccine development.