Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy of Serum Refractometry and Brix Refractometry for the Diagnosis of Inadequate Transfer of Passive Immunity in Calves

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 474-483

  Buczinski, S ^a   Gicquel, E ^a   Fecteau, G ^a   Takwoingi, Y ^b   Chigerwe, M ^c   Vandeweerd, J M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Namur   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accuracy; IgG; Refractometry; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

CALF (BOVINE); COLOSTRUM; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFRACTOMETRY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TURBIDIMETRY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINE; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; COLOSTRUM; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85037620397     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvim.14893     Document Type: Review

References (47)

1. Weaver DM, Tyler JW, VanMetre DC, et al. Passive transfer of colostral immunoglobulins in calves. J Vet Intern Med 2000;14:569–577.
2. Besser TE, Gay CC, Pritchett L. Comparison of three methods of feeding colostrum to dairy calves. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1991;198:419–422.
3. Furman-Fratczak K, Rzasa A, Stefaniak T. The influence of colostral immunoglobulin concentration in heifer calves’ serum on their health and growth. J Dairy Sci 2011;94:5536–5543.
4. Robison JD, Stott GH, DeNise SK. Effects of passive immunity on growth and survival in the dairy heifer. J Dairy Sci 1988;71:1283–1287.
5. Wittum TE, Perino LJ. Passive immune status at postpartum hour 24 and long-term health and performance of calves. Am J Vet Res 1995;56:1149–1154.
6. Dewell RD, Hungerford LL, Keen JE, et al. Association of neonatal serum immunoglobulin G1 concentration with health and performance in beef calves. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2006;228:914–921.
7. Raboisson D, Trillat P, Cahuzac C. Failure of passive immune transfer in calves: A meta-analysis on the consequences and assessment of the economic impact. PLoS ONE 2016;11:e0150452.
8. Godden S. Colostrum management for dairy calves. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract 2008;24:19–39.
9. McVicker JK, Rouse GC, Fowler MA, et al. Evaluation of a lateral-flow immunoassay for use in monitoring passive transfer of immunoglobulins in calves. Am J Vet Res 2002;63:247–250.
10. McGuirk SM, Collins M. Managing the production, storage, and delivery of colostrum. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract 2004;20:593–603.
11. Morrill KM, Polo J, Lago A, et al. Estimate of serum immunoglobulin G concentration using refractometry with or without caprylic acid fractionation. J Dairy Sci 2013;96:4535–4541.
12. Deelen SM, Ollivett TL, Haines DM, et al. Evaluation of a Brix refractometer to estimate serum immunoglobulin G concentration in neonatal dairy calves. J Dairy Sci 2014;97:3838–3844.
13. Tyler JW, Hancock DD, Parish SM, et al. Evaluation of 3 assays for failure of passive transfer in calves. J Vet Intern Med 1996;10:304–307.
14. Collins GS, Ogundimu EO, Cook JA, et al. Quantifying the impact of different approaches for handling continuous predictors on the performance of a prognostic model. Stat Med 2016;35:4124–4135.
15. Vandeweerd JM, Gustin P, Buczinski S. Evidence-based practice? An evolution is necessary for bovine practitioners, teachers, and researchers. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract 2012;28:133–139.
16. O'Connor A, Evans RB. Critically appraising studies reporting assessing diagnostic tests. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 2007;37:487–497.
17. Leeflang MM, Deeks JJ, Takwoingi Y, et al. Cochrane diagnostic test accuracy reviews. Syst Rev 2013;2:82.
18. Buczinski S, Vandeweerd JM. Diagnostic accuracy of refractometry for assessing bovine colostrum quality: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Dairy Sci 2016;99:7381–7394.
19. Buczinski S, Fecteau G, Chigerwe M, et al. Diagnostic accuracy of refractometer and Brix refractometer to assess failure of passive transfer in calves: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Anim Health Res Rev 2016;17:3–8.
20. Rutjes AW, Reitsma JB, Vandenbroucke JP, et al. Case–control and two-gate designs in diagnostic accuracy studies. Clin Chem 2005;51:1335–1341.
21. Whiting PF, Rutjes AW, Westwood ME, et al. QUADAS-2: A revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. Annals Intern Med 2011;155:529–536.
22. Rutter CM, Gatsonis CA. A hierarchical regression approach to meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy evaluations. Stat Med 2001;20:2865–2884.
23. Macaskill P, Gatsonis C, Deeks J, et al. Chapter 10: Analysing and presenting results. In: Deeks JJ, Bossuyt PM, Gatsonis C, ed. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Version 1.0. London: The Cochrane Collaboration, 2010:1–16.
24. Takwoingi Y, Deeks J. METADAS: A SAS macro for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies. User guide version 1.3.2010 July. Available from : http://srdta.cochrane.org
25. Takwoingi Y, Guo B, Riley RD, et al. Performance of methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy with few studies or sparse data. Stat Meth Med Res 2017;26:1896–1911.
26. Deeks JJ, Macaskill P, Irwig L. The performance of tests of publication bias and other sample size effects in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy was assessed. J Clin Epidemiol 2005;58:882–893.
27. van Enst WA, Ochodo E, Scholten RJ, et al. Investigation of publication bias in meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy: A meta-epidemiological study. BMC Med Res Methodol 2014;14:70.
28. Perino L, Sutherland R, Woollen N. Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase activity and protein concentration at birth and after suckling in calves with adequate and inadequate passive transfer of immunoglobulin G. Am J Vet Med 1993;54:56–59.
29. Elsohaby I, McClure JT, Keefe GP. Evaluation of digital and optical refractometers for assessing failure of transfer of passive immunity in dairy calves. J Vet Intern Med 2015;29:721–726.
30. Hernandez D, Nydam DV, Godden SM, et al. Brix refractometry in serum as a measure of failure of passive transfer compared to measured immunoglobulin G and total protein by refractometry in serum from dairy calves. Vet J 2016;211:82–87.
31. Calloway CD, Tyler JW, Tessman RK, et al. Comparison of refractometers and test endpoints in the measurement of serum protein concentration to assess passive transfer status in calves. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2002;221:1605–1608.
32. Dawes ME, Tyler JW, Hostetler D, et al. Evaluation of a commercially available immunoassay for assessing adequacy of passive transfer in calves. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2002;220:791–793.
33. Güngör Ö, Bastan A, Erbil M. The usefulness of the γ-glutamyltransferase activity and total proteinemia in serum for detection of the failure of immune passive transfer in neonatal calves. Rev Med Vet 2004;155:27–30.
34. Priestley D, Bittar JH, Ibarbia L, et al. Effect of feeding maternal colostrum or plasma-derived or colostrum-derived colostrum replacer on passive transfer of immunity, health, and performance of preweaning heifer calves. J Dairy Sci 2013;96:3247–3256.
35. Chamorro MF, Sargent R, Haines DM, et al. Evaluation of the Brix refractometer for measuring colostral and serum IgG concentrations. J Dairy Sci 2015;98:236.
36. Leeflang MM. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy. Clin Microbiol Infect 2013;20:105–113.
37. Macaskill P, Gatsonis C, Deeks J, et al. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy. Version 09 0. London: The Cochrane Collaboration; 2010.
38. Leeflang MM, Moons KG, Reitsma JB, et al. Bias in sensitivity and specificity caused by data-driven selection of optimal cutoff values: Mechanisms, magnitude, and solutions. Clin Chem 2008;54:729–737.
39. Chigerwe M, Hagey JV, Aly SS. Determination of neonatal serum immunoglobulin G concentrations associated with mortality during the first 4 months of life in dairy heifer calves. J Dairy Res 2015;82:400–406.
40. Fecteau G, Arsenault J, Paré J, et al. Prediction of serum IgG concentration by indirect techniques with adjustment for age and clinical and laboratory covariates in critically ill newborn calves. Can J Vet Res 2013;77:89–94.
41. Pardon B, Alliet J, Boone R, et al. Prediction of respiratory disease and diarrhea in veal calves based on immunoglobulin levels and the serostatus for respiratory pathogens measured at arrival. Prev Vet Med 2015;120:169–176.
42. Floren HK, Sischo WM, Crudo C, et al. Technical note: Use of a digital and an optical Brix refractometer to estimate total solids in milk replacer solutions for calves. J Dairy Sci 2016;99:7517–7522.
43. Ontsouka EC, Albrecht C, Bruckmaier RM. Invited review: Growth-promoting effects of colostrum in calves based on interaction with intestinal cell surface receptors and receptor-like transporters. J Dairy Sci 2016;99:4111–4123.
44. Reber AJ, Donovan DC, Gabbard J, et al. Transfer of maternal colostral leukocytes promotes development of the neonatal immune system I. Effects on monocyte lineage cells. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2008;123:186–196.
45. Reber AJ, Donovan DC, Gabbard J, et al. Transfer of maternal colostral leukocytes promotes development of the neonatal immune system Part II. Effects on neonatal lymphocytes. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2008;123:305–313.
46. Quigley JD 3rd, Kost CJ, Wolfe TM. Absorption of protein and IgG in calves fed a colostrum supplement or replacer. J Dairy Sci 2002;85:1243–1248.
47. Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE, et al. STARD 2015: An updated list of essential items for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies. Radiology 2015;277:826–832.