Comparison of three diagnostic detection methods for tuberculosis in French cattle.
Three additional techniques (Ziehl-Neelsen, auramine O/rhodamine and immunostaining using polyclonal anti-Mycobacterium bovis) to hematoxylin-eosin histopathology were evaluated for bovine tuberculosis diagnosis on 39 samples from several slaughterhouses. The immunohistochemichal technique was more sensitive and could detect a greater number of positive cattle. It has about the same sensibility as the bacteriology but it was faster.
Watrelot-Virieux
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Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Département de Pathologie, 1, Avenue Bourgelat. B.P. 83, 69280 Marcy L'etoile, France. d.watrelot@vet-lyon.fr
Drevon-Gaillot
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Toussaint
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Belli
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000662:veterinary; D013997:Time Factors; D014380:Tuberculosis, Bovine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology