A longitudinal study to evaluate the diagnostic potential of a direct faecal quantitative PCR test for Johne's disease in sheep

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-44

  Kawaji, Satoko ^a   Begg, Douglas J ^a   Plain, Karren M ^a   Whittington, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Diagnosis; Faeces; Paratuberculosis; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES CULTURE; INOCULATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79551689489     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.07.022     Document Type: Article

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