Influence of skin testing and overnight sample storage on blood-based diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 204-206

  Whelan, A O ^a   Coad, M ^a   Peck, Z A A ^a   Clifford, D ^a   Hewinson, R G ^a   Vordermeier, H M ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULIN TEST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 4444366073     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.155.7.204     Document Type: Article

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