The value of immunodiagnostic tests in detecting tuberculosis in an infected red deer herd and in eradication of the disease by selection

Acta Vet Hung. 1995;43(4):385-92.

Abstract

The sensitivity and specificity of intradermal tuberculin test (Tb test) were studied in an infected red deer (Cervus elaphus) herd (n = 109) in comparison to the results of other examinations including gross pathology, histopathology, Mycobacterium bovis culture, and the lymphocyte-stimulation test (LST). In our case, relative sensitivity was 79.5% and relative specificity was 45.7%. The predictive value in negative and positive cases was 80.0% and 44.9%, respectively. On the basis of the results obtained, eradication of tuberculosis by the selection procedure from a herd of newly captured and colonized deer was performed using the Tb test. For the purposes of eradication by selection all deer responding to B-PPD were considered positive.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Deer*
  • Immunologic Tests / standards
  • Immunologic Tests / veterinary*
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lymph Nodes / microbiology
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphocytes / pathology
  • Mycobacterium bovis / isolation & purification*
  • Selection, Genetic*
  • Tuberculin Test
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis / pathology
  • Tuberculosis / veterinary*