Evaluation and application of a milk antibody ELISA for assessing the prevalence and incidence of bovine tuberculosis in dairy herds in Hubei Province, China

• Main Authors: Yingyu Chen (Author), Shuang Cheng (Author), Yu Wang (Author), Guiqiang Wang (Author), Xijuan Wu (Author), Ian D. Robertson (Author), Aizhen Guo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic zoonotic disease that is endemic in China. Current in-vitro tests for bTB are mainly based on blood assays. Collection of samples results in some stress to the sampled cattle and associated economic losses for the herd owner. This study was designed to...