The International Association for Paratuberculosis, Inc. is a nonprofit, charitable, scientific organization devoted to the advancement of scientific progress on Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, related mycobacteria and related diseases.

Members of the International Association for Paratuberculosis work in the following fields

1. Diagnostics
2. Epidemiology and Control
3. Pathobiology
4. Microbiology
5. Molecular Biology
6. Crohn's Disease
7. Administration of state and national programs
8. Immunology
9. Food Safety