Abstract

Paratuberculosis in goats is widely distributed throughout the world. Recently the disease has been officially reported in Chile. The purpose of this study was to determine the infection status of some dairy goat herds under two types of management systems (intensive and extensive) in different regions of Chile. Faecal samples were collected from 383 female goats > 2 years old belonging to 8 dairy goat herds located in the Metropolitan Region (2), 9th Region (5) and 10th Region (1). Differences in routine management were not considered when selecting the herds. Faecal samples were collected via rectum, decontaminated with hexadecylpyridinium chloride (HPC) and antibiotics, cultured on Herrold?s Egg Yolk Medium with mycobactin J, and incubated at 37