Methods for estimating areas under receiver-operating characteristic curves: Illustration with somatic-cell scores in subclinical intramammary infections

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 75-88

  Detilleux, J ^a   Arendt, J ^a   Lomba, F ^a   Leroy, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cattle microbiological diseases; Intramammary infection; Receiver operator characteristic curve; Somatic cell score

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; REFERENCE VALUE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; REFERENCE VALUES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0033587570     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00054-9     Document Type: Article

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