Comparison of purified protein derivatives and effect of skin testing on results of a commercial gamma interferon assay for diagnosis of tuberculosis in cattle

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-122

  Whipple, Diana L ^a   Palmer, Mitchell V ^a   Slaughter, Ralph E ^b   Jones, Stephen L ^c  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b BIOCOR Animal Health   (United States)

^c CSL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; GALLIFORMES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 0035291306     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870101300204     Document Type: Article

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