Evaluation of test-strategies for estimating probability of low prevalence of paratuberculosis in Danish dairy herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 92-106

  Sergeant, E S G ^a   Nielsen, S S ^b   Toft, N ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Danish Meat Association   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Design prevalence; Freedom; Herd sensitivity; Paratuberculosis; Test costs; Test strategies

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; DENMARK; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; LACTATION; MILK; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 42149100456     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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