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 …

Test-and-slaughter strategies have been the basis of bovine tuberculosis (BT) eradication
programs worldwide; however, eradication efforts have not succeeded in certain regions …

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 …

Dairy and beef cattle (n= 494) from seven Michigan farms located in the northeastern part of
the lower peninsula in Michigan were used to estimate the sensitivity (Se) of the caudal fold …

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 …

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 …

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

In Spain, the national bovine tuberculosis (bTB) eradication program is based on yearly skin
testing of every≥ 6 weeks old animal using the single or comparative tuberculin test and …

Objective—To estimate herd-level sensitivity (HSe), specificity (HSp), and predictive values
for a positive (HPVP) and negative (HPVN) test result for several testing scenarios for …

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 …