Ante mortem diagnosis of paratuberculosis: A review of accuracies of ELISA, interferon-γ assay and faecal culture techniques

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 217-235

  Nielsen, S S ^a   Toft, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish Meat Association   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Paratuberculosis; Sensitivity; Specificity; Test evaluation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES CULTURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 43049168300     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.12.011     Document Type: Review

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