The need for built-in validation of surveillance data so that changes in diagnostic performance of post-mortem meat inspection can be detected

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 117-125

  Enøe, Claes ^a,b   Christensen, Gorm ^a   Andersen, Søren ^a,c   Willeberg, Preben ^a,b,d  

^a Danske Slagterier   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic pleuritis; Diagnostic methods; Pigs; Slaughter check; Surveillance; Test validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037457377     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00229-5     Document Type: Article

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