Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5793325 | Preventive Veterinary Medicine | 2014 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The repeated BTM-recordings were highly correlated with a correlation of 0.80 between samples collected 1.5 months apart. The within-herd antibody prevalence significantly influenced this estimate (p < 0.0001), which dropped to 0.60 when corrected for the within-herd antibody prevalence. Although the test-results were relatively consistent and correlated with the within-herd prevalence, the magnitude of the test-values makes it difficult to use the BTM-ELISA for surveillance of MAP infections in practice.
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Authors
Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Nils Toft,