The value of immunodiagnostic tests in detecting tuberculosis in an infected red deer herd and in eradication of the disease by selection
Zomborszky, Z.; Körmendy, B.; Tuboly, S.; Tilly, P.; Horn, P.
Acta Veterinaria Hungarica 43(4): 385-392
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0236-6290 PMID: 8882737 Document Number: 442911
The sensitivity and specificity of an intradermal tuberculin test (Tb test) were studied in an infected red deer (Cervus elaphus) herd of 109 animals and compared to the results of gross pathology, histopathology, Mycobacterium bovis culture and the lymphocyte-stimulation test (LST). Relative sensitivity was 79.5 and relative specificity 45.7%. The predictive value in negative and positive cases was 80.0 and 44.9%, respectively. On the basis of the results, eradication of tuberculosis by the selection procedure from a herd of newly captured and colonized deer was performed successfully using the Tb test.