Comparison of test performance and evaluation of novel immunoassays for tuberculosis in a captive herd of wood bison naturally infected with mycobacterium bovis

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-86

  Himsworth, Chelsea G ^a   Elkin, Brett T ^b   Nishi, John S ^b,e   Epp, Tasha ^a   Lyashchenko, Konstantin P ^c   Surujballi, Om ^d   Turcotte, Claude ^d   Esfandiari, Javan ^c   Greenwald, Rena ^c   Leightoir, Fredrick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c Chemblo Diagnostic Systems Inc   (United States)

^d CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^e EcoBorealis Consulting Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antemortem; Bison; Diagnostic; Mycobacterium bovis; Testing; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BUFFALO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BISON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77449084220     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.1.78     Document Type: Article

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