Longitudinal study to investigate variation in results of repeated ELISA and culture of fecal samples for Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis in commercial dairy herds

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 479-484

  van Schaik, Gerdien ^a,b   Rossiter, Christine R ^a,c   Stehman, Susan M ^a   Shin, Sang J ^a   Schukken, Ynte H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Poulin Grain Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MILK; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SUBSPECIES; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CATTLE; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037672813     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.479     Document Type: Article

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