The comparative performance of the single intradermal test and the single intradermal comparative tuberculin test in Irish cattle, using tuberculin PPD combinations of differing potencies

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Good, M ^a   Clegg, T A ^b   Costello, E ^c   More, S J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Diagnosis; Mycobacterium bovis; Single intradermal comparative tuberculin test; Tuberculin

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CATTLE FARMING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 82955235739     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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