Estimation of the relative sensitivity of the comparative tuberculin skin test in tuberculous cattle herds subjected to depopulation

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Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Karolemeas, Katerina ^a   de la Rua Domenech, Ricardo ^b   Cooper, Roderick ^b   Goodchild, Anthony V ^b   Clifton Hadley, Richard S ^b   Conlan, Andrew J K ^a   Mitchell, Andrew P ^b   Hewinson, R Glyn ^b   Donnelly, Christl A ^c   Wood, James L N ^a   McKinley, Trevelyan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BAYES THEOREM; BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE INTRADERMAL COMPARATIVE CERVICAL TUBERCULIN TEST; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; GREAT BRITAIN; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE;

EID: 84865179891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043217     Document Type: Article

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