Estimating diagnostic accuracy of the tuberculin skin test and abattoir meat inspection from
bovine tuberculosis surveillance da Page 1 ML Bermingham1*, IG Handel1, EJ Glass1, JA …

Background Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) today primarily affects developing countries. In
Africa, the disease is present essentially on the whole continent; however, little accurate …

The single intradermal comparative cervical tuberculin (SICCT) test and post-mortem
examination are the main diagnostic tools for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle in the British …

Abstract In the European Union, the recommended ante-mortem diagnostic methods for
bovine tuberculosis (bTB) include the single intradermal cervical comparative tuberculin …

Accuracy of new or alternative diagnostic tests is typically estimated in relation to a well-
standardized reference test referred to as a gold standard. However, for bovine tuberculosis …

Te last decades have seen major efforts to develop new and improved tools to maximize our
ability to detect tuberculosis-infected animals and advance towards the objective of disease …

The aim of the present study was to calculate the sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp) of the
single cervical tuberculin test (SCT), rapid lateral flow test (RLFT), and real-time polymerase …

The last decades have seen major efforts to develop new and improved tools to maximize
our ability to detect tuberculosis‐infected animals and advance towards the objective of …

Background The objective of this study was to determine the sensitivity (Se) and specificity
(Sp) of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) screening tests including a single intradermal tuberculin …

Infection with the Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) causes a disease referred to as bovine
tuberculosis (bTB), which affects a wide range of mammal hosts. Many countries have …