The value of immunodiagnostic tests in detecting tuberculosis in an infected red deer herd and in eradication of the disease by selection.
The sensitivity and specificity of intradermal tuberculin test (Tb test) were studied in an infected red deer (Cervus elaphus) herd (n = 109) in comparison to the results of other examinations including gross pathology, histopathology, Mycobacterium bovis culture, and the lymphocyte-stimulation test (LST). In our case, relative sensitivity was 79.5% and relative specificity was 45.7%. The predictive value in negative and positive cases was 80.0% and 44.9%, respectively. On the basis of the results obtained, eradication of tuberculosis by the selection procedure from a herd of newly captured and colonized deer was performed using the Tb test. For the purposes of eradication by selection all deer responding to B-PPD were considered positive.
Zomborszky
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Faculty of Animal Science, Pannon University of Agricultural Sciences, Kaposvár, Hungary.
Körmendy
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Tuboly
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Tilly
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Horn
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D000818:Animals; D003670:Deer; D007159:Immunologic Tests / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary*; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*