Bayesian estimation of test characteristics of real-time PCR, bacteriological culture and California mastitis test for diagnosis of intramammary infections with Staphylococcus aureus in dairy cattle at routine milk recordings

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 309-317

  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

Conventional diagnostics; Dairy cows; PathoProof Mastitis PCR assay; Sensitivity and Specificity; Staphylococcus aureus; Test misclassification

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BAYES THEOREM; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVENTIONAL DIAGNOSTICS; DAIRY COWS; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PATHOPROOF™ MASTITIS PCR ASSAY; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEST MISCLASSIFICATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

CONVENTIONAL DIAGNOSTICS; DAIRY COWS; PATHOPROOF™ MASTITIS PCR ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEST MISCLASSIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84886781056     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.07.021     Document Type: Article

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