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"Conflict of interest TB is a director of TiKa Diagnostics Ltd., proprietor of the TiKa mycobacterial growth media used in this study. IG, AF, JK, RP, TB, SN, and IS have a proprietary interest in a pending patent for the MAP phage assay. JK, RP, and PZ have a proprietary interest in pending patents for MAP antibody assays. PZ is also the principal owner of PZM Diagnostics. IG is a director of Rapid-Myco Technologies Limited, a company seeking to commercialize the phagomagnetic separation-qPCR assay for viable MAP/other mycobacteria. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision."

"The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This study was supported by the Human Paratuberculosis Foundation and the Abilene Christian University Precision Medicine Research Fund #212161."