Johne’s Disease Voluntary Control Program Herds

As described in the Johne’s Voluntary Control Program Standards cattle herds can achieve ‘Negative Status Levels’. There are four levels a herd can achieve; and the probability that a herd is not infected with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (the causative bacterium for Johne’s disease) increases as herds progress through these levels. Level 1 conveys an 85% probability the herd is Johne’s free, while Level 4 (the highest level attainable) conveys a 99% probability the herd is Johne’s free. A herd that reaches Level 4 has had at a minimum at least 4 years of testing and management in the program.

Cattle herds that are in the Johne’s Disease Voluntary Control Program at a Negative Status Level 1 or higher are a good source for breeding stock replacement with respect to Johne’s disease and possibly other bovine enteric diseases. Below are the links to the listing of these cattle herds for the State of Missouri. These herds have voluntarily given MDA the permission to list them on this site, feel free to contact them as to Status Level and availability of replacement seedstock for your herd.

Herd replacement stock - Beef (PDF: 10kb)
Herd replacement stock - Dairy (PDF: 14kb)