Infections with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) can be latent for years
without affecting the animal, but the animal may become infectious or clinical at some point …

Paratuberculosis is a chronic insidious, often serious, disease of the global small ruminant
industries, mainly causing losses from mortalities and reduced productivity on-farm …

Abstract The Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) statement, which
was recently updated to the STARD2015 statement, was developed to encourage complete …

A specific concept of strain was developed in order to classify the BTV serotypes ever
reported in Europe based on their properties of animal health impact: the genotype …

The performance of a diagnostic test is best evaluated against a reference test that is without
error. For many diseases, this is not possible, and an imperfect reference test must be used …

The true prevalence of brucellosis and diagnostic test characteristics of three conditionally
dependent serological tests were estimated using the Bayesian approach in goats and …

Abstract The Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) statement (www.
stard-statement. org) was developed to encourage complete and transparent reporting of …

The performance of indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT) for serological diagnosis and
screening of lumpy skin disease (LSD) was evaluated using methods without gold standard …

A large-scale study was carried out in the Polish goat population in 2014–2021 to determine
the herd-level true seroprevalence (HTP) of caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) caused by …

Schistosomiasis is a major neglected tropical disease (NTD) affecting both humans and
animals. The morbidity and mortality inflicted upon livestock in the Afrotropical region has …