title: The value of immunodiagnostic tests in detecting tuberculosis in an infected red deer herd and in eradication of the disease by selection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Animal Science, Pannon University of Agricultural Sciences, Kaposvár, Hungary.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zomborszky
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Körmendy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tuboly
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tilly
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Horn
mesh_terms: 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*