Prevalence of paratuberculosis infection in dairy cattle in Northern Italy

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-86

  Pozzato, N ^a   Capello, K ^a   Comin, A ^a   Toft, N ^b   Nielsen, S S ^b   Vicenzoni, G ^a   Arrigoni, N ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; ELISA; Paratuberculosis; True prevalence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; ITALY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOS; BOVIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84860390252     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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