Supplementary Material to article "Molecular Diversity of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Four Dairy Goat Herds from Thuringia (Germany)"

These data (supplementary material) belong to the publication "Molecular Diversity of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Four Dairy Goat Herds from Thuringia (Germany)". The study determined the diversity of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) isolated from four goat herds affected by paratuberculosis in Thuringia (Germany), as well as the detailed distribution of MAP genotypes among the animals and their environment in one herd (herd 1). A combination of three methods was used to genotype isolates from fecal samples of infected goats, from various intestinal and other tissues of clinically affected goats, and from environmental samples. The six MAP-C genotypes identified could be assigned to five different phylogenetic subgroups. The results suggest individual infection strains within each herd. In herd 1, one predominant strain was found, and two strains occurred sporadically. The identified genotypes were not goat specific.