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ReviewThe Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne2012

Laboratory test descriptions for bovine respiratory disease diagnosis and their strengths and weaknesses: gold standards for diagnosis, do they exist?

Robert W Fulton, Anthony W Confer

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Review in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Laboratory tools for the direct detection of bacterial respiratory infections and antimicrobial resistance: a scoping review.Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2024
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  15. The Role ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  16. An overview of the detection of bovine respiratory disease complex pathogens using immunohistochemistry: emerging trends and opportunities.Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2024
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  18. Detection ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Robert W FultonDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, Room 250, McElroy Hall, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. Robert.fulton@okstate.edu
Anthony W Confer

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diagnosis of bovine respiratory diseases (BRD) poses significant challenges to the clinician as there are numerous infectious etiologies, operating singly or most often in combination. Clinical signs alone may not be diagnostic and the diagnostic laboratory is often used to assist the clinician. Recently many molecular-based tests have been taken from the research laboratory to the veterinary diagnostic laboratory. This review describes the "traditional tests" and several "molecular tests" and discusses the benefits and limitations of the tests and their interpretation. Clinicians should consult with their diagnostic laboratory regarding the interpretation of the test results. The rate of development and use of molecular diagnostic tests have outpaced validation, standardization, and standards for interpretation relative to their use in BRD diagnostics.

Indexed as

AnimalsBovine Respiratory Disease ComplexCattleDiagnostic Tests, RoutineMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesReference StandardsReference ValuesSensitivity and Specificity

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PMID23277642
PMCPMC3377458

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