Cattle Bovine – Serum Performance
Click this link to view our Strategic use of serology for the diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis after intradermal skin testing Click this link to view our paper published in Scientific Reports ‘Diagnostic accuracy of the Enferplex Bovine Tuberculosis antibody test in cattle sera’. Methodology The test sensitivity was assessed using serum samples from cattle that […]
Bovine – Individual Milk Performance
Performance Characteristics of the Enferplex Test using individual milk samples from Cattle Methodology Test sensitivity was assessed on bovine milk samples (n = 305) from animals that were reactive in the SICCT test. In 199 of these animals a paired serum samples was also taken at the time of collection. Samples were obtained between 10 […]
Bovine – Bulk Tank Milk Performance
Methodology Bulk tank milk samples were available from 247 SICCT positive UK herds and from 1,792 true negative reference herds from Norway, Denmark, Germany and Scotland. Bulk tank milk samples from breakdown herds were taken at the time of reading the SICCT test (TT2; non-boosted) and bulk tank milk samples were taken from bTB-free herds […]
Camelid – Performance
Evaluation of Gamma Interferon and Antibody Tuberculosis Tests in Alpacas Shelley Rhodes,a Tom Holder,a Derek Clifford,a Ian Dexter,a Jacky Brewer,a Noel Smith,a Laura Waring,b Tim Crawshaw,c Steve Gillgan,d Konstantin Lyashchenko,e John Lawrence,f John Clarke,g Ricardo de la Rua-Domenech,h and Martin Vordermeiera Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA)—Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdoma; AHVLA—Langford, Bristol, United […]
Caprine – Performance
There has been no formal validation of the test in goats by ourselves or other organisations. Please see the following pdfs which are publications on the test performance. KEYWORDS tuberculosis, antibodies, goats
Deer – Performance
There has been no formal validation of the test in deer by ourselves or other organisations. Please see the following pdfs which are publications on the test performance. KEYWORDS tuberculosis, antibodies, goats
Badger – Performance
There has been no formal validation of the test in badgers by ourselves or other organisations. Please see the following pdfs which are publications on the test performance. KEYWORDS tuberculosis, antibodies, goats
Specialist Zoological & Exotics – Performance
There has been no formal validation of the test in specialist zoological and exotic animals by ourselves or other organisations. Please see the following pdfs which are publications on the test performance. KEYWORDS tuberculosis, antibodies, specialist zoological and exotics Key words: Banded mongoose, Enferplex, Kruger National Park, Mungos mungo, Mycobacterium bovis, STAT-PAK. Banded Mongoose – […]
Pig (Porcine) – Performance
Penny Barton 1, Nick Robinson 1, Sonya Middleton 1, Amanda O’Brien 2, John Clarke 2, Maria Dominguez 1, Steve Gillgan 1, John Selmes 1 and Shelley Rhodes 1,* 1 Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Weybridge KT15 3NB, UK; penny.barton@apha.gov.uk (P.B.); nicholas.robinson@apha.gov.uk (N.R.); sonya.middleton@apha.gov.uk (S.M.); maria.dominguez@apha.gov.uk (M.D.); stephen.gillgan@apha.gov.uk (S.G.); john.selmes@apha.gov.uk (J.S.) 2 Enfer Scientific, W91 […]