Bovine tuberculosis in Europe from the perspective of an officially tuberculosis free country: Trade, surveillance and diagnostics

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 153-159

  Schiller, Irene ^a   RayWaters, W ^b   Vordermeier, H Martin ^c   Jemmi, Thomas ^a   Welsh, Michael ^d   Keck, Nicolas ^e   Whelan, Adam ^c   Gormley, Eamonn ^f   Boschiroli, Maria Laura ^g   Moyen, Jean Louis ^h   Vela, Carmen ⁱ   Cagiola, Monica ^j   Buddle, Bryce M ^k   Palmer, Mitchell ^b   Thacker, Tyler ^b   Oesch, Bruno ^l  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e Laboratoire Départemental Vétérinaire de l Hérault   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^h Laboratoire Conseil Général de la Dordogne   (France)

ⁱ Inmunologia y Genetica Aplicada SA   (Spain)

^j ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^k AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^l Prionics AG   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Control and eradication; Interferon gamma assay; Slaughter surveillance; Tools; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CHRONICITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; HERD; HUMAN; MARKETING; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 79957526868     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.02.039     Document Type: Article

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