An evaluation of the Irish Single Reactor Breakdown Protocol for 2005-2008 inclusive and its potential application as a monitor of tuberculin test performance

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 85-90

  Good, M ^a   Duignan, A ^a  

^a Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Mycobacterium bovis; SICTT reactor; Tuberculin test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; IRELAND; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; IRELAND; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 79957448099     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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