title: [Clinical laboratory diagnosis in swine practice].
abstract: Necessity and facilities of clinical laboratory diagnostics in veterinary swine practice are discussed. The selection of suitable tests with regard to diagnostic relevance and reliability is pointed out. Typical test features (sensitivity and specificity) as well as disease dependent parameters (prevalence, positive or negative predictive value) are presented and illustrated by means of urinary tract infections in sows. It is concluded that a specific selection of tests and probands closely related to diagnosis is more successful than the use of unspecific multi-analysing procedures (profile tests).
authors.affiliation: Klinik für kleine Klauentiere und forensische Medizin, Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bickhardt
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Waldmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wendt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000662:veterinary*; D005051:Eubacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary
vernacular_title: Klinische Laboratoriumsdiagnostik in der Schweinepraxis.