Simulated economic effects of improving the sensitivity of a diagnostic test in paratuberculosis control

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-129

  Kudahl, Anne Braad ^a   Sørensen, Jan Tind ^a   Nielsen, Søren Saxmose ^b   Østergaard, Søren ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Economy; Paratuberculosis; Sensitivity of diagnostic tests; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33846205268     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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