Diagnostic assessment without cut-offs: Application of serology for the modelling of bovine digital dermatitis infection

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-248

  Vink, W D ^a,c   Jones, G ^a   Johnson, W O ^b   Brown, J ^c   Demirkan, I ^c   Carter, S D ^c   French, N P ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Bovine digital dermatitis; Dairy cattle; Diagnostic testing; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DERMATITIS; FOOT DISEASE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DERMATITIS; FOOT DISEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; TREPONEMA;

EID: 70349801486     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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