A comparison of methods to estimate the prevalence of ovine Johne's infection from pooled faecal samples

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 317-324

  Toribio, J Alml ^a   Sergeant, E S G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSVET ANIMAL HEALTH SERVICES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Faecal culture; Johne's disease; Paratuberculosis; Pooled testing; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FECES; MASS SCREENING; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VACCINATION;

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EID: 34547743997     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2007.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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