Medicine

Ante mortem diagnosis of tuberculosis in cattle: a review of the tuberculin tests, gamma-interferon assay and other ancillary diagnostic techniques.

R. Rúa-Doménech, A. Goodchild, H. Vordermeier, R. Hewinson, K. Christiansen, R. Clifton-Hadley

2006.10.1RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE

DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2005.11.005

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The strategic deployment of ancillary in vitro tests alongside the primary skin tests has enhanced the detection of M. bovis-infected cattle and reduced the number of animals slaughtered as false positives.

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RÚA-DOMÉNECH, R., et al. Ante mortem diagnosis of tuberculosis in cattle: A review of the tuberculin tests, gamma-interferon assay and other ancillary diagnostic techniques. RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE, 2006, 81 2: 190–210.