Sensitivity and specificity of pooled faecal culture and serology as flock-screening tests for detection of ovine paratuberculosis in Australia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 199-211

  Sergeant, E S G ^a,b,c   Whittington, R J ^a   More, S J ^b  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSVET ANIMAL HEALTH SERVICES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Diagnostic tests; Flock tests; Johne's disease; Paratuberculosis; Pooled faecal culture; Sensitivity; Sheep; Specificity

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BAYES THEOREM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FECES; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0037154022     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(01)00261-6     Document Type: Article

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