Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is one of the priority epidemic diseases in dairy cattle in China.
Continuous surveillance and evaluation of the control programs will help on improving the …

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is an important animal health issue in many parts of the world. In
England and Wales, the primary test to detect infected animals is the single intradermal …

The Bovigam® gamma interferon (IFNγ) assay was used to complement official skin-test
screening in a low bovine tuberculosis (bTB) prevalence region in France. The aim of our …

Disease surveillance systems' effectiveness relies on participants following prescribed
practices. We developed a general method to improve a previous cost-effectiveness …

A retrospective cohort study was conducted to assess if cattle sold from Irish dairy herds
within 7 months of herd de-restriction (clearance to trade) from a bovine-tuberculosis (BTB) …

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) control programs can be improved by combined use of tests for
humoral and cell-mediated immune responses targeting multiple biomarkers of …

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) remains one of the most complex, challenging, and costly animal
health problems in England. Identifying and promptly removing all infected cattle from …

Correctly identifying animals that are truly infected with a pathogen using ante-mortem tests
is the cornerstone of any disease eradication programme. Failure to identify all infected …

Background Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an enduring contagious disease of cattle that has
caused substantial losses to the global livestock industry. Despite large-scale eradication …

Estimation of the accuracy of diagnostic tests in the absence of a gold standard is an
important research subject in epidemiology (Dohoo et al., 2009). One of the most used …