Comparison of Three Diagnostic Detection Methods for Tuberculosis in French Cattle

  1. D. Watrelot-Virieux1,2,
  2. E. Drevon-Gaillot1,
  3. Y. Toussaint1,
  4. P. Belli1

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00957.x

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Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volume 53, Issue 7, pages 321–325, September 2006

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Watrelot-Virieux, D., Drevon-Gaillot, E., Toussaint, Y. and Belli, P. (2006), Comparison of Three Diagnostic Detection Methods for Tuberculosis in French Cattle. Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B, 53: 321–325. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00957.x

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  1. 1

    Addresses of authors: Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Département de Pathologie, 1, Avenue Bourgelat. B.P. 83, 69280 Marcy L'etoile, France

  2. 2

    Corresponding author: Tel.: +33 (0) 478 8725 78; fax: +33 (0) 478 8727 76; E-mail: d.watrelot@vet-lyon.fr

*Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Département de Pathologie, 1, Avenue Bourgelat. B.P. 83, 69280 Marcy L'etoile, France

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2006
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2006
  3. Received for publication March 16, 2006

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Summary

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.

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