Assessment of the use of gross lesions at post-mortem to detect outbreaks of classical swine fever

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-356

  Elbers, Armin R W ^a   Vos, Jan H ^a   Bouma, Annemarie ^b   Van Exsel, Ad C A ^a   Stegeman, Arjan ^c  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classical swine fever; Pathological findings; Receiver operating characteristic curve; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COLON; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERD; ILEOCECAL VALVE; KIDNEY HEMORRHAGE; KIDNEY PELVIS; LUNG EDEMA; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SPLEEN; STOMACH ULCER; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TONSIL;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0242352513     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2003.09.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (17)

1. Bouma A., Stegeman J.A., Engel B., de Kluijver P., Elbers A.R.W., de Jong M.C.M. Evaluation of diagnostic tests for the detection of classical swine fever in the field without a golden standard. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 13:2001;383-388.
2. Dahle J., Liess B. Comparative study with cloned classical swine fever virus strains ALFORT and GLENTORF: clinical, pathological, virological and serological findings in weaner pigs. Wien. Tierärztl. Mschr. 82:1995;232-238.
3. Elbers A.R.W., Stegeman J.A., Moser H., Ekker M.H., Smak J.A., Pluimers F.H. The classical swine fever epidemic 1997-1998 in The Netherlands: descriptive epidemiology. Prev. Vet. Med. 42:1999;157-184.
4. Elbers A.R.W., Bouma A., Stegeman J.A. Quantitative assessment of the quality of clinical signs for the detection of classical swine fever outbreaks. Vet. Microbiol. 85:2002;323-332.
5. Empson R.B. Statistics in the pathology laboratory: characteristics of diagnostic tests. Pathology. 33:2001;93-95.
6. Hanley J.A., McNeil B.J. The meaning and use of the area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Radiology. 143:1982;29-36.
7. McNeil B.J., Hanley J.A. Statistical approaches to the analysis of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Med. Decision Making. 4:1984;137-150.
8. Moennig V. Pestivirus: a review. Vet. Microbiol. 23:1990;35-54.
9. Moennig V. Introduction to classical swine fever: virus, disease and control policy. Vet. Microbiol. 73:2000;93-102.
10. Murray G., McCutcheon S. Model framework and principles of emergency management. Rev. Sci. Tech. Off. Int. Epiz. 18:1999;15-20.
11. Neundorf, R., Seidel, H., 1972. Schweinepest. In: Schweinekrankheiten. Aetiologie, Pathogenese, Klinik, Therapie, Prophylaxe. VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena, Deutschland, pp. 585-599.
12. Robinson, W.F., Maxie, M.G., 1993. The cardiovascular system. In: Jubb, K.V.F., Kennedy, P.C., Palmer, N. (Eds.), Pathology of Domestic Animals, vol. 3, 4th ed. Academic Press, New York.
13. Stegeman J.A., Bouma A., Elbers A.R.W., Verheijden J.H.M. The white blood count is a valuable parameter for detecting classical swine fever. Tijdschr. Diergeneeskd. 125:2000;511-518.
14. Trautwein, G., 1988. Pathology and pathogenesis of the disease. In: Liess, B. (Ed.), Classical Swine Fever and Related Viral Infections. Martinus Nijhoff, Boston, pp. 27-54.
15. Van Oirschot, J.T., 1999. Hog cholera. In: Straw, et al. (Eds.), Diseases of Swine, 8th ed. Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA, pp. 159-172.
16. Weide K.D., Waxler G.L., Whitehair C.K., Morill C.C. Hog cholera in gnotobiotic pigs. Clinical signs and gross pathological findings in germfree and monocontaminated pigs. JAVMA. 140:1962;1056-1061.
17. Young S.H. The use of supplemental tests in the diagnosis and eradication of hog cholera. JAVMA. 157:1970;1855-1859.