Estimation of test characteristics of real-time PCR and bacterial culture for diagnosis of subclinical intramammary infections with Streptococcus agalactiae in Danish dairy cattle in 2012 using latent class analysis

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 264-270

  Mahmmod, Yasser S ^a,b   Toft, Nils ^a   Katholm, Jørgen ^c   Grønbæk, Carsten ^d   Klaas, Ilka C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^c Cattle   (Denmark)

^d Eurofins Steins Laboratorium   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Intramammary infections; Real time PCR; Sensitivity; Specificity; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; DENMARK; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84875406383     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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