A Repository of Specimens for Comparison of Diagnostic Testing Procedures for Bovine Paratuberculosis

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Chiodini RJ Van Kruiningen JJ Merkal RS : 1984, Ruminant paratuberculosis (Johne's disease): The current status and future prospects. Cornell Vet 74:217–262.

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Collins MT McLaughlin AR : 1989, Experience in Wisconsin in control and accreditation of Johne's disease infected herds. In: Johne's disease. Current trends in research, diagnosis and management, ed. Milner AR Wood PR , pp. 67–73. CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia.

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Milner AR Mack WN Coates KJ : 1990, The sensitivity and specificity of a modified ELISA for the diagnosis of Johne's disease from a field trial in cattle. Vet Microbiol 25: 193–198.

National Veterinary Services Laboratory: 1986, Microtitration complement fixation techniques, pp. 1–18. National Veterinary Services Laboratory, Ames, IA.

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Sherman DM Gay JM Bouley DS : 1990, Comparison of the complement fixation and agar gel immunodiffusion tests for the diagnosis of subclinical bovine paratuberculosis. Am J Vet Res 51:461–465.

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Whipple DL Merkal RS : 1985, Procedures for the field and laboratory processing of fecal specimens for the isolation of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis. In: Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Vet Lab Diagn, 28:239–245.

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Yokomizo Y Merkal RS Lyle PAS : 1983, Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of bovine immunoglobulin G1 antibody to a protoplasmic antigen of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis. Am J Vet Res 44:2205–2207.

Yokomizo Y Yugi H Merkal RS : 1985, A method of avoiding false-positive reactions in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the diagnosis of bovine paratuberculosis. Jpn J Vet Sci 47:111–119.