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Should they stay, or should they go? Relative future risk of bovine tuberculosis for interferon-gamma test-positive cattle left on farms

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, is a serious infectious disease that remains an ongoing concern for cattle farming worldwide. Tuberculin skin-tests are often used to identify infected animals (reactors) during test-and-cull programs, however, due to relatively poor sensitiv...

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Autores principales: Lahuerta-Marin, Angela, Gallagher, Martin, McBride, Stewart, Skuce, Robin, Menzies, Fraser, McNair, Jim, McDowell, Stanley W. J., Byrne, Andrew W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26338808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13567-015-0242-8