Estimation of sensitivity and flock-sensitivity of pooled faecal culture for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in sheep

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 248-257

  Dhand, Navneet K ^a   Sergeant, Evan ^b   Toribio, Jenny Ann L M L ^a   Whittington, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSVET ANIMAL HEALTH SERVICES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Epidemiology; Mycobacterium; Ovine Johne's disease; Paratuberculosis; Pooling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77954865448     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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