Consensus recommendations on diagnostic testing for the detection of paratuberculosis in cattle in the United States

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1912-1919

  Collins, Michael T ^a   Gardner, Ian A ^b   Garry, Franklyn B ^c   Roussel, Allen J ^d   Wells, Scott J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERD; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33845595870     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.12.1912     Document Type: Article

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